If the descriptions, however crude, serve to awaken old associations in some readers, or to excite the interest of those who have never visited the sunny “land of the three shores”; above all, if the sketch of the Earthstopper helps to preserve the memory of a master of his craft, my hopes will be fully realised.
III. FOX-HUNTING, AS IT WAS IN THE DAYS OF QUEEN BESS, quoted from _Carew’s Survey of Cornwall_, 1565 34
IV. THE OTTER—TRACKING THE WILY VARMINT 36
V. THE OTTER, _continued_—THE EARTHSTOPPER’S VIGIL 48
VI. THE OTTER, _continued_—THE OTTER AT THE LAKE 64
VIII. THE WHITE BADGER OF CAIRN KENIDZHEK—THE EARTHSTOPPER IN DOUBT 85
IX. THE WHITE BADGER OF CAIRN KENIDZHEK, _continued_—THE EARTHSTOPPER ANGRY 100
X. THE WHITE BADGER OF CAIRN KENIDZHEK, _continued_—THE BADGER’S CAPTURE AND ESCAPE 112
XI. THE HARE—LIFE STORY OF THE JACK OF BARTINNEY 130
XII. THE HARE, _continued_—DIGORY STROUT AND FARMER PENDRE 145
XIII. THE HARE, _continued_—THE COURSE 152
XIV. A MIDNIGHT VISIT TO THE SEAL-CAVES 167
ANDREW THE EARTHSTOPPER (_Photogravure_). (_From a photograph by Richards, Penzance_) _Frontispiece_
_Face page_ THE EARTHSTOPPER ON TRENGWAINTON CAIRN. (_From a photograph by Richards, Penzance_) 12
THE FOX. (_From a photograph by C. Reid_) 26
FOX-CUBS. (_From a photograph by C. Reid_) 34
TOL PEDN PENWITH. (_From a photograph by R. H. Preston, Penzance_) 38
LAMORNA MILL. (_From a photograph by R. H. Preston, Penzance_) 44
LAMORNA, SHOWING CAIRN DHU HEADLAND. (_From a photograph by R. H. Preston, Penzance_) 52
THE OTTER. (_From a photograph by Quatremaine, Stratford-on-Avon_) 64
A HAUNT OF THE OTTER. (_From a photograph by R. H. Preston, Penzance_) 82
CAIRN KENIDZHEK. (_From a photograph by Gibson & Sons, Penzance_) 88
THE BADGER. (_From a photograph by C. Reid_) 110
ST BURYAN CHURCH. (_From a photograph by R. H. Preston, Penzance_) 130
STONE CIRCLE AT BOSCAWEN-UN. (_From a photograph by Gibson & Sons, Penzance_) 138
SANCREED CHURCHTOWN. (_From a photograph by Gibson & Sons, Penzance_) 150
CHAPEL ST UNY WELL. (_From a photograph by Gibson & Sons, Penzance_) 156
ZENNOR CHURCHTOWN. (_From a photograph by R. H. Preston, Penzance_) 166
A STREET AT ST IVES. (_From a photograph by R. H. Preston, Penzance_) 168