Chapter II: Introduction: 13

I. THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE OTTER 21

II. THE OTTER'S HAUNTS AND HABITS 42

III. OTTER-HUNTING, PAST AND PRESENT 73

IV. HOUNDS AND TERRIERS 112

V. REMINISCENCES 132

INDEX 157

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

OTTER BASKING IN SHALLOW WATER _Frontispiece_

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OTTER TRACKS LEAVING WATER, WALKING 40

FURROW MADE BY OTTER IN DEEP SNOW 40

TUNNEL MADE BY OTTER IN SNOW 53

OTTER TRACKS IN SNOW, JUMPING 53

THE HUNTSMAN BRINGING HIS OTTER ASHORE 79

K. AND D.O.H. RETURNING TO THE MAIN RIVER 79

A KILL WITH THE K. AND D.O.H. 102

HI, WORRY, WORRY! 102

A FAMOUS OTTERHOUND, MR W. THOMPSON'S "SNOWDROP" 116

SOME OF MR W. THOMPSON'S ROUGH OTTERHOUNDS 116

K. AND D.O.H. MOVING OFF TO DRAW 139

GOING TO THE MEET BY FERRY ON LAKE WINDERMERE 139