Creatures of the Night: A Book of Wild Life in Western Britain
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CREATURES OF THE NIGHT
IANTO THE FISHERMAN
AND OTHER SKETCHES OF COUNTRY LIFE.
CREATURES OF THE NIGHT
A BOOK OF WILD LIFE IN WESTERN BRITAIN
AUTHOR OF “IANTO THE FISHERMAN”
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS
LONDON JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET 1905
PREFACE.
CONTENTS.
FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS
From Drawings by
Florence H. Laverock.
THE OTTER.
I.
THE HOLT AMONG THE ALDERS.
II.
THE POOL BENEATH THE FARMSTEAD.
III.
THE GORGE OF ALLTYCAFN.
THE WATER-VOLE.
I.
OUR VILLAGE HOUNDS.
II.
THE BURROW IN THE RIVER-BANK.
III.
WILD HUNTING.
IV.
SAVED BY AN ENEMY.
V.
THE COURAGE OF FEAR.
THE FIELD-VOLE.
I.
HIDDEN PATHWAYS IN THE GRASS.
II.
THE VALLEY OF OLWEN.
III.
A BARREN HILLSIDE.
THE FOX.
I.
THE LAST HUNT.
II.
A NEW HOME.
III.
THE CUB AND THE POLECAT.
IV.
A CRY OF THE NIGHT.
THE BROWN HARE.
I.
THE UPLAND CORNFIELD.
II.
MARCH MADNESS.
III.
THE CHASE.
THE BADGER.
I.
A WOODLAND SOLITUDE.
II.
HOME DISCIPLINE.
III.
FEAR OF THE TRAP.
IV.
THE WINTER “OVEN.”
V.
HILLSIDE TRAILS.
THE HEDGEHOG.
I.
A VAGABOND HUNTER.
II.
AN EXPERIENCE IN SNAKE-KILLING.
NIGHT IN THE WOODS.
I.
HAUNTS OF THE BADGER AND THE FOX.
II.
THE CRAG OF VORTIGERN.
FOOTNOTES:
INDEX.
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