Chapters (15)
- The Amateur Poacher
- PREFACE
- THE AMATEUR POACHER
- CHAPTER I THE FIRST GUN
- CHAPTER II THE OLD PUNT: A CURIOUS “TURNPIKE”
- CHAPTER III TREE-SHOOTING: A FISHING EXPEDITION
- CHAPTER IV EGG-TIME. A “GIP”-TRAP
- CHAPTER V WOODLAND TWILIGHT: TRAITORS ON THE GIBBET
- CHAPTER VI LURCHER-LAND: “THE PARK”
- CHAPTER VII OBY AND HIS SYSTEM: THE MOUCHER’S CALENDAR
- CHAPTER VIII CHURCHYARD PHEASANTS: BEFORE THE BENCH
- CHAPTER IX LUKE, THE RABBIT CONTRACTOR: THE BROOK-PATH
- CHAPTER X FARMER WILLUM’S PLACE: SNIPE SHOOTING
- CHAPTER XI FERRETING: A RABBIT-HUNTER
- CHAPTER XII. A WINTER NIGHT: OLD TRICKS: PHEASANT-STALKING: MATCHLOCK versus BREECH-LOADER: CONCLUSION
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