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... Scent - Partridge - Shooting - A Mixed Bag - Plover - Pigeon - Shooting with Decoys -- Bird Life - Sunset on the Downs - A Wild , Deserted Country - An Old Dog Fox . CHAPTER VI . A GALLOP OVER THE WALLS An October Meet - Cub - Hunting ...
... Scent - Partridge - Shooting - A Mixed Bag - Plover - Pigeon - Shooting with Decoys -- Bird Life - Sunset on the Downs - A Wild , Deserted Country - An Old Dog Fox . CHAPTER VI . A GALLOP OVER THE WALLS An October Meet - Cub - Hunting ...
Page xvii
... Scent - The Hygrometer - How Trout are Netted - Scarcity of Otters - Water - Voles . 311 · 340 CHAPTER XV . THE PROMISE OF MAY . Wild Flowers - Cottage Gardens - The Paths of Literature - Description of a Horse - Beauty of Trees - Their ...
... Scent - The Hygrometer - How Trout are Netted - Scarcity of Otters - Water - Voles . 311 · 340 CHAPTER XV . THE PROMISE OF MAY . Wild Flowers - Cottage Gardens - The Paths of Literature - Description of a Horse - Beauty of Trees - Their ...
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... scented water - mint , with lilac - tinted spikes and downy stalks , was almost lost amongst the taller wild flowers and the " segs " that fringed the brook - side . There are no flowers like the wild ones ; they last right through the ...
... scented water - mint , with lilac - tinted spikes and downy stalks , was almost lost amongst the taller wild flowers and the " segs " that fringed the brook - side . There are no flowers like the wild ones ; they last right through the ...
Page 103
... scent is spoiled thereby . Doubtless the lime in the soil adds to its stickiness . It is amusing to watch a fox " break " covert and make his way over a plough which " carries " he travels very badly ; we have seen him fail to jump a ...
... scent is spoiled thereby . Doubtless the lime in the soil adds to its stickiness . It is amusing to watch a fox " break " covert and make his way over a plough which " carries " he travels very badly ; we have seen him fail to jump a ...
Page 104
... scent of foxes is chiefly given off from their feet We can recall few occasions on which a plough that " carried " held a " burning scent . " But little though we know of the mysteries of " scent , " it is generally agreed that the ...
... scent of foxes is chiefly given off from their feet We can recall few occasions on which a plough that " carried " held a " burning scent . " But little though we know of the mysteries of " scent , " it is generally agreed that the ...
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Ablington ancient ash tree beautiful Berkshire Bibury birds Burford BURFORD PRIORY catch Chedworth church Cirencester CIRENCESTER HOUSE Coln colour Cotswold district Cotswold Hills Cotswold village cottages covert cricket deep delightful district doubtless earth England Fairford farmers feet fields fish gallop garden glorious Gloucestershire grass ground half hamlet hand Hatherop horse hounds hundred hunting huntsman keeper killed large number larvę Lechlade Loch Leven London look Lord lovely manor house may-fly miles never night Northleach old manor house old-fashioned once partridges passed Peregrine pheasant pleasant plough pounds ride river River Coln Roman sausingers scent season seen Shakespeare shooting silvery sport sportsman spring squire stand stone Stow-on-the-Wold stwuns tell thou town trees trout stream vale valley wall week whilst wild wind wolds woods yards