Introduction -- I. Partridges and crakes -- II. Gun glamour -- III. Secrets of snipe -- IV. The ways of the woodcock -- V. Brushes with the fox -- VI. Hare without hounds -- VII. Pigeons and pigeon tactics -- VIII. Duck shooting days -- IX. Talk of Geese -- X. Clanty Moss -- XI. Rough shooting in the hills -- XII. About with a rod -- XIII. The hungry pike -- XIV. Looking both ways