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Creatures of the Night: A Book of Wild Life in Western Britain

By Alfred Wellesley Rees

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