THE GAMEKEEPER AT HOME
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THE KEEPER.
THE
GAMEKEEPER AT HOME
SKETCHES OF NATURAL HISTORY
AND RURAL LIFE
And leaves both large and longe,
It is merrye walking in the fayre forrest,
To hear the small birdes songe.
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY CHARLES WHYMPER
London
SMITH, ELDER, & CO., 15 WATERLOO PLACE
1880
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PREFACE.
THOSE who delight in roaming about amongst the fields and lanes, or havespent any time in a country house, can hardly have failed to notice thecustodian of the woods and covers, or to observe that he is oftensomething of a ‘character.’ The Gamekeeper forms, indeed, so prominent afigure in rural life as almost to demand some biographical record of hiswork and ways. From the man to the territories over which he bearssway—the meadows, woods, and streams—and to his subjects, their furredand feathered inhabitants, is a natural transition. The enemies againstwhom he wages incessant warfare—vermin, poachers, andtrespassers—must, of course, be included in such a survey.
Although, for ease and convenience of illustration, the character of aparticular Keeper has been used as a nucleus about which to arrangematerials that would otherwise have lacked a connecting link, the factshere collected are really entirely derived from original observation.
R.J.
CONTENTS.
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