Book contents
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- CHAPTER I THE MAN HIMSELF: HIS HOUSE AND TOOLS
- CHAPTER II HIS FAMILY AND CASTE
- CHAPTER III IN THE FIELDS
- CHAPTER IV HIS DOMINIONS: THE WOODS, MEADOWS, AND WATER
- CHAPTER V SOME OF HIS SUBJECTS: DOGS, RABBITS, ‘MICE, AND SUCH SMALL DEER’
- CHAPTER VI HIS ENEMIES: BIRDS AND BEASTS OF PREY—TRESPASSERS
- CHAPTER VII PROFESSIONAL POACHERS; THE ART OF WIRING GAME
- CHAPTER VIII THE FIELD DETECTIVE: FISH POACHING
- CHAPTER IX GUERILLA WARFARE; GUN ACCIDENTS; BLACK SHEEP
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- CHAPTER I THE MAN HIMSELF: HIS HOUSE AND TOOLS
- CHAPTER II HIS FAMILY AND CASTE
- CHAPTER III IN THE FIELDS
- CHAPTER IV HIS DOMINIONS: THE WOODS, MEADOWS, AND WATER
- CHAPTER V SOME OF HIS SUBJECTS: DOGS, RABBITS, ‘MICE, AND SUCH SMALL DEER’
- CHAPTER VI HIS ENEMIES: BIRDS AND BEASTS OF PREY—TRESPASSERS
- CHAPTER VII PROFESSIONAL POACHERS; THE ART OF WIRING GAME
- CHAPTER VIII THE FIELD DETECTIVE: FISH POACHING
- CHAPTER IX GUERILLA WARFARE; GUN ACCIDENTS; BLACK SHEEP
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- The Gamekeeper at HomeSketches of Natural History and Rural Life, pp. vii - viiiPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2009First published in: 1878