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Abbotsbury Castle Decoy, 71 Acle Decoy, 139 A Decoy in the Days of Queen Anne, 80 Aldermaston Park Decoy, 60 Aldingbourne, 171 Aldwindcle Decoy, 142 Alford, Richard, 124 Allen's History of Yorkshire (1829), 184 Aller Decoy, 158 Alston, Mn, 78 American pond weed (Anacharis alsinastrum), 138 Anamoe Decoy, 196 Angmering Decoy, 172		Annis, Abraham, 91 Arnold, Rev. Coope, 84 Arundel Castle, 172 Ashby (Lincolnshire) Decoy, 116,119 ____ (Suffolk) Decoy, 165 Asliwell Fen, 65 Aslackby Decoy, 121 Aston Hall Decoy, 150 Aubeg, River, 191 Aubrey, Sir John, 61 Austin, Mr., 157 Ayocet's Nest found 1840, 186 Axholme, Isle of 68, 104, 185 Aylesford, Earl of, 174
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Back Screens, Length of, 32 Bacon's Farm, 87 "Bailiff of Marshland;' The, 113 Ballynakill Decoy, 192 Baren, Mr. Laurence J., 170 Bate-Dudley, The Rev., 78 Bateman, Lord, 95 Bath, Marquis of 154 Beaulieu (Hampshire), 95 ____  (Louth) Decoy, 193 Beda taken prisoner by Hereward, 108 Bedford, Earl of; 68 ____  Level, The, 66 ____  Level Scheme, 4 ____ , William Earl of; 68 Bell, William, 123 Benacre Decoy, 167 Benedictine Monastery of Wix, 92 Berkeley Castle, 93 ____  Decoys, Gloucestershire,facing 93 Besthorpe Decoy, 139 Beverley, 183 "____ and Barmiston Drainage Act of 1798,"         181 Birch, Mn Wyrley, 132 Birdcage Walk, 128 Birds caught in Dowsby Decoy from October, 1765, to April, 1766, 120 ____ caught in Iken Decoy from 1878 to 1885,          162 ____  caught at Orielton Decoy, '49 ____  taken in Ashby (Lincolnshire) Decoy from 1833 to 1868, 118		Birdsall Decoy, 187 Bixley Decoy, 164 Blackburne, Col. J., M.P., 100 Black-headed Gull (Larus ridibundus),186 Blackwater River, 75 Block Fen, 65 Bluehouse Farm, 92 Blunt Fen, 65 Boarstall, Cottage at, 62 Decoy, 61 ____  Manor of, 61 Bohun's Hall Decoy, 86 Bordenweare, 157 Borough Fen Decoy, 143 Bourne Decoy,119 Fen, 103 Bournemouth Decoy, 95 Bowen's Map of Essex, 1760, 84 Boyes, Mr. F., 184 Bradwell Marsh, 76 Bradwell-juxta-Mare, 79 Brantham Decoy, 168 Breast-wall Screens, 44, 45 Brent Marsh, 156 Brill Hills, 62 Bookesby, Rev. Francis, 184 Broke-Middleton, Sir George, 164 Broughton Decoy, 125 Buckinghamshire, Decoys in, 60 Buckingham, Duke of; 64 Burton Hall Decoy, 124 Butterbump Hall, 181
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Cage Decoy, The, 3 Caledon House Decoy, 195 ____ , Lord, 167,195 Caldicott Level, 129 Call Ducks, 47 Calthorpe, Lord, 139 Cambridgeshire, Decoys in, 65 Camden, 5 Campsey Ash Abbey, 168 ____ ____  Decoy, 168 Canney Marsh, 79 Capel, John, 64 Carolina Ducks, 204 Carrington v. Taylor, 17 Cat, Ferret, and Rabbit as Decoys, 49 Catching Birds in Decoy Pipes, 21 Cavendish Taylor, Mr, 202 Cawston Decoy, 136 Caxton, Cambridgeshire, III Chadwick, Major R., 188 Charborough Park, 73, 74 Charles I., 68 Charles II., 3,126, 128 Chatteris Decoy, 66 Cheddar Water Decoy, 159 Chesil Beach, 73 Chillesford Decoy, 162 Chillington Decoy, 160 Clare, Earl of, 145 Claydon House Decoy, 64 Cloncurry, Lord, 193 Clonfert Decoy, 192		Clumber, 143 Coatham Decoy, 178 Cobb's Farm, 84 Cockett Wick Farm, 88 Colebrooke, Sir Thomas, 170 Cockswere, 157 Colman, Mr. J. J.-" Life of a Fenman," 110 Coloured Cloth round Dog, 49 Colquhoun, Mr J., 188 Combe Abbey Decoy, 174 ____ ____  Decoy, Warwickshire, facing 174 Compton Dundon Decoy, 157 Concealed Path, 32 Construction of a Decoy-pipe, 35 ____ ____  the Hoops, 36 Cooper, Colonel E. H., 195 ____ Mr., 63 Cordeaux, Mr. J., 117 Cork, County of, Decoys in, 190 Cornwall, Decoys in, 70 Coventry, the late Mr., 74 Cowbit Decoy, 120 ____ Fen, 103 "Coy," The word, 3 Cracknell, Mr., 77 Cranmore Fen, 65 Craven, Earl of, 174 Crossley, Sir Savile, 165 Crouch, River, 75 Crowland, Abbot's Decoy at, 4 Cunningham's "Handbook of London," 126 Curiosity of Wild Ducks, 23
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Dacre, Lord, 97 Daniel's "Rural Sports," 4, 78, 120 Dawson, Mr G. P., 180 Decoy, Derivation of the Word, 2 ____ Pond, The, 40 ____  Old Engraving of, 9 Decoying, 21 Decoying with a Dog, 23 ____ with Food, 27 Decoyman's Assistant, 33 Decoymen, 1 Decoys are protected by Common Law, 14 ____ have no special Act, 14 ____  in France, 204 Decoys in Holland, 197 East Frisian Islands, 198 Flushing, 198 Friesland, 197 Groningen, 198 North Brabant, 198 River Maas, 198 River Scheldt, 198 Rotterdam, 198 Schleswig, 197 Utrecht, 198 Zuyder Zee, 198 Decoys, Rights of; 15 Deeping Pen, 5, 103 ____ Fen Decoys, 119 Deerhyde, 61 Derby, Countess of; 171 Derbyshire, Decoys in, 70 Dersingham Decoy, 135 Desart, Earl of; 193 ____  House Decoy, 193 Description of a Decoy-pipe, 57 Didlington Decoy, 133, 134 Ditch of a Decoy-pipe, 135 Dog, The, 48 "Dog and Duck " Inn, 187 Dog-jumps, 44		Donelly's "Tour in Ireland," 194 Doneraile Court Decoy, 191 ____ Park, 191 ____ Viscount, 191 Dorsetshire, Decoys in, 71 Dorton House, 61 Dovercourt Decoy, 91 Down, County of; Decoys in, 191 Downham Fen, 65 ____ Market, 140 Dowsby Decoy, 120 Dowse, Thomas, 123 Drayton's "Polyolbion,' 109 Driving the Birds up the Pipe both when Dogging and Feeding, 31 ____ Wildfowl, 5 ____ Wildfowl in the Sixteenth Century, 6 ____ Wildfowl up the Pipe,facing 34 Drop of the Hoops, 38 Duck Cage, The, 3 ____ and Teal taken with the Dog, 29 Duff, Colonel, 132 Dugdale, 105, 106, 108 Durham, Mr., 187 Dutch Decoymen, 199 ____ Decoy Pipe, Trap at end of; 198 ____ Decoys known to the Author, 201 Amrum, 202 FanØ 202 Dutch Decoys known to the Author Fohr,201 Nierhuisen, 201 Schiermonnikoog, 201 Sylt, 202 Terschelling, 201 Tibnia, 201 Zoutkamp, 201 Dutch Nesting Basket, 200 Dynham Family, 61 ____ Sir John, 147
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Eardley, Lord, 143 Earith, 96 East Fen, 103, 105 ____ Hall Decoy, 79 Eau-brink Canal, 112 Edward VI., Act of; against taking Eggs of Wildfowl, 6 Effect of the Dog on the Ducks, 29 Ellenborough, Lord, 88 Ely, Isle of; 67, 108 "Endekooy," Word, 3		Enticing Wildfowl up Decoy-pipe by Dog,           facing, 26 Entrance to Decoy-pipe, with Dog at Work,           facing 30 ____ ____ a Decoy-pipe, 37 Escrick Decoy, Yorkshire, 179 ____  Park Decoys, 179 Essex, Decoys in, 75 Evelyn's " Diary," 3, 127 Evelyn on St. James's Park Decoy, 126 Everdell, Joseph, 155 Eyre Court Decoy, 192
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Farcett Fen, 96 Farlsthorpe Decoy, 124 Fellowes, Mr., 139 Fen Slodgers, 113 Fenman, Outdoor Occupations of; 115 Fenmen, The, 104 Fen-Parson, The, 110 Fifteen Hundred Ducks taken in a Day, 202 Fifteen Thousand Fowl taken in one Season, 167 Findhorn Bay, 188 Firle Decoy, 171 ____ Park, 171 Fiske, John, 90, 164 Fitzhardinge, Earl, 93 Fitzgerald, James, 194 Fleet Decoy, 120 ____ Estuary, 71, 73 Flixton Decoy, 168 Fodder, 105 Food, The, used in a Decoy, 50     Acorns, 50     Barley, 50     Bruised Oats, 50     Buckwheat, 50     Canary Seed, 50     Hemp Seed, 50     Hemp Seed Oil sprinkled on Oats, 50		Malt-grains, or Coombs, flavoured with     Aniseed, 50     Maize, 50     Wheat, 50     "Willow-weed" (Polygonum Persicaria), 50 Footfalls, Safeguard against Sound of 45 Forest of Bernwode, 61, 62 Foster, Baron, 193 ____ Rev. Thomas, 120 Fountaine, Mr. A., 132 ____ Rev. John, 132, 133, 139 ____ Mr E., 167 Fowler in Ireland," 190 Fox's Skin on Dog, 49 Foxes in Decoys, 24 Framework of a Screen, 46 Frequent Error made in Decoys, A, 33 Friskney Decoy, Lincolnshire,facing 122 ____ New Decoy, 122 ____ Marshes, 122 Friston Decoy, 168 Fritton Decoy, 164 Front of a Screen, 46 Fullager's Decoy, 98 Fuller's "Worthies of England," 107
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Gadwall, The, 132 Gage, Viscount, 171 Galway, County of Decoys in, 192 Gardener's Farm House, 84 Gascoyne, Mr. W.-Account of Grovehurst Decoy, 98 Gedney Marsh, 103 General Directions for managing Decoy and     catching Ducks, 51    Best time to try, 53    Boat, 54      Casting Shadows, 53      Ice, Clearing Decoy of 54      Killing Birds, 54      On approaching a Decoy, 52      "Rising" a Decoy, 54      Securing Live Birds, 55      Smouldering Turf 51      Weathercock, A, 51      Wind, 51 General Drainage Act, 68 Giffard, Mr. W., 160 Gilby, Colonel Anthony, 184 Glamorganshire, Decoys in, 93		Glaston, John de, 156 Glastonbury, Abbey of-Survey of Temporalities, 157 Glastonbury, Abbot of 153 Glebeland Decoy, 78 Gloucestershire, Decoys in, 93 Glynde Decoy, 173,193 Godney Decoy, 158 Goldhanger Decoy (i), 84           ,,          ,,          (2), 84 Gooch, Sir Francis, 167 ____ Sir Alfred, 168 Goodwyns, The, 63 Goole Moors, 186 ____ New Decoy, 187 ____ Old Decoy, 187 Gore Decoy, 85 Gough, 5, 6 Great Bedford Level, The, 68,69 ____ Cotes Decoy, 125 ____ Oakley Hall Decoy, 88 Greene, Thomas, 126 Grovehurst Decoy, 98 Gunton Park Decoy, 136
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Habitues of the Decoy, 49 Hachemere, 157 Hagnaby Decoy, 123 Hale Decoy, 100 Hall, William (alias Antiquarian Hall," &c.          &c), 113 Halnaker House, 171 Halton, Lake at, 60 Hamford Water, 75 Hampden, Viscount, 173 Hampshire, 94 Hampworth Decoy, 175 Hanbury, Mrs. F. S., 143 Handlo, Sir John de, 61 Hardwick Hall Decoy, 70 Hare, Sir Thomas, 140 Harland, Sir Robert, 163 Harting, Mr J. F., 79 Hartington, Lord, 70 Hatfield Chase, 68,107 Haughton Decoy, 144 Hawkshaw, 68 Head Hoop, Height of; 36 Healy, Captain, 117 Heathcote, Mr J. M., 97 Hemsby Decoy, 138 Hempstead Decoy, 137 Henry VII. (tempo), 157 ____VIII. (tempo), 157 ____VIII., Act of; against        with Nets, &c., 6 Herefordshire, Decoys in, 95 Heron pursued by a Peregrine, 149 ____Court, 174 Herringfleet Decoy, 164 "Hertford and Derwent Drainage Act," 176 Hertfordshire, Decoys in, 97		Hervey, Lord A., 178 Heywood, Mr., 162 Hickley, Admiral, 155 Higford Burr, Mr., 60 Hilcus, Sydrach, 3, 127 Hilgay Decoy, 140 "History of Somersetshire," 156, 159 "History of Whittington Castle," Lines from,     151 Hockwold Decoy, 141 Holbeach Marsh, 103 Holderness Fens, 176 Holkham Decoy, 136 ____Lake, 136 Holland Fen, 103 Holme Decoy, 184 ____ Fen, 96 Holt, Lord, 14 Hood, Sir Alexander, 158 Hoop-ends, Sinking of; 37 Hopkins, Captain, 123 Hornby Castle, 177 ____Decoy, Yorkshire,           facing plan 6 ____Decoy, 177 Horsey Island Decoy, 91 Hotham, Sir Charles, 181 How to Cut the Ditch of a Decoy-pipe,             facing  Plan 1 How Decoyman gets behind Birds in the Pipe,     32 Hudson, Mr, 77 Hull, River, 176 Hume, Mr. Joseph, M.P., 137, 172 Huntingdon, Mr., 11, 137 Huntingdonshire, 96 Hussey-Vivian, Sir H., 93 Hutchins' "History of Dorset;" 71
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Ice, Formation of; at Pipe's Mouth, 41 Iken Decoy, 162		Illchester, Earl of; 71, 157 Ireland, Decoys in, 189
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Jackson, Rev. F. (of Wisbeach), 66 Jacques Hall Decoy, 92		Johnson, Sir J. H., 88
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Keadby Decoy, 125 Kebbell, Mr., 78 Kedgers, 111 Keeble v'. Hickeringall, 16 Kemsley Decoy, 100 Kent, 98 Kenn Moor Decoy, 159, 160 Kerrison, Mr. John, 138 Kilcooley Abbey Decoy, 195		Kilcoursie, Lord, 153 Kildare, County of; Decoys in, 192 Kilkenny, County of; Decoys in, 193 King John, 4 King's Sedgemoor, 152 ____ ____ Decoys, 154 Kirkleatham Hall, 178 Kooy," word, 3 Kyme Pen, 103
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Lancashire, Decoys in, 100 Laddus Fen, 65 Lakenheath Decoy, 167 Lakenheath Decoy, Suffolk,facing 167 ____ Fen, 161 Landings and Banks of Decoy Pond, 41 Langham Decoy, 136 Lacthington Decoy, 84 Laver, Dr., 84 Leake Decoy, 124 Leathes, ColoneL 89, 164 Leeds, Duke of, 14, 134, 177 Leicester, Earl of; 136 Leland's "Itinerary," 156, 184 Le Serre on St. James's Park in 1633, 127 Leverington Decoy, 65 Lichelake, 157 Lilford, Lord, 142 Limerick, County of, Decoys in, 194 Lincoln, 103 ____ Earl of, 143 Lincolnshire, Decoys in, 103 Lion Point Decoy, 88		Lipscombe, 62 Lismullen Decoy, 194 Lisrenny Decoy, 193 List of Decoys in the British Islands-Past and             Present, 59 Liver-coloured Fox-terriers, 90 Lloyd, Colonel R., 150 Richard Savage, 181 London Carriers, 111 Longfield, Richard, 190 Longueville Decoys, 190 Lonsdale, Earl of, 175 Lough Beg Decoy, 191 ____ Derg, 192 ____ Neagh, 192 Louth, County of; Decoys in, 193 Lovelace, Lord, 170 Lowther Castle Decoy, 175 Lubbock's "Fauna of Norfolk;' 137 Lubbock, Rev. Richard, 138 Lymore Hall Decoy, 129 Lynn Market Place under Water, 104 Lyons Decoy, 193
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M. Maclean, Dr., on Malaria, 112 Maidens, Daniel, 123 Malmesbury, Lord, 95 Man who kills the Ducks outside the Decoys,              16 Mandarin Ducks, 204 Markree Castle Decoy, 195 Marlborough, Duke of; 62, 63 Marryat, Captain, R.N., the late, 136 Marsh House Decoy, 76 Martineau's (H.), " Settlers at Rome," 107 Mascall, Mr., 78 Maunder's "Treasury of Natural History,"             204 Mautby Decoy, 139 Maybanke, Edward, 126 Meare Decoy, 156 ____ Pool, 156 Meath, County of; Decoys in, 194 Meaux Abbey, 182 ____ Decoy, 180 Menzies, Mr., 169 Merry, Mrs., 90 Mersea Island, or West Mersey Decoy, 87 Mersey, The, 102 Merton Decoy, 135 ____ Hall 135 Methods used to Decoy into a Pipe, 22 Methwold Decoy, 140		"Mickle Mere," 132 Middle Fen, 65 ____ Level, 70 ____ Moor, 96 Middlesex, Decoys in, 126 Middleton, Lord, 146,187 Mildenhall, 167 Milford Haven, 149 Millyard Farm Decoy, 121 Monaghan, County of; Decoys in, 194 Monastery of St. Frideswide, 63 ____ of St. Peter, 71 Monkey in a Decoy, 49 Monmouthshire, Decoys in, 129 Monson, Lord, 124 Montefiore, Mr., 173 Montgomeryshire, Decoys in, 129 Mordon Decoy, 73 Morris Fen, 65 ____ Mr, 133 Morrison, Mr. G., 175 Morse Family, The, 168 Morton, Bishop of Ely, 67 Mosslands, 102 Moulton Marsh, 103 Mount Louise Decoy, 194 Mountainstown Decoy, 194 Muswell Hill, 62 Mytton, Jack, 151
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Nacton Decoys, 164 Narford Hall Decoy, 139 Nash Decoy, 129 Nene, River, 142 Netting of a Decoy Pipe, The, 38 Newcastle, Duke of, 144 Newcomen, Mr. A. H. T., 178 "New Critical Review," 127 New Forest Decoy, 95 Newfoundland Dog, as Decoy, 50 Newstead, 144 New Zealand (Yorks.) Decoy, 187 Nigel, the Forester of Bernwode, 61 Nocton Hall Decoy, 121		Norfolk Broads, The, 109 Norfolk, Decoys in, 130 Northamptonshire, Decoys in, 142 North Fen, 65 North Kyme Decoy, 121 North Level, 70 North Stoneham Decoy, 94 Northumberland, Earl of, 183 " Northumberland Household Book," 182 Nottinghamshire, Decoys in, 143 Nyland Decoy, 159 ____ Hill, 159
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Oakley Park Decoy,, 150 Object of Decoyman, 21 Oldfield's " History of Wainfleet,' 123 "Old George Skelton," 12 ____ Hall Decoy (2), 86, 87 ____ Mill Creek, 86 ____ Mose Hall Decoy, 88 "Old Tom Williams's Decoy," 124 One Night's Decoying, Result of, 166 One-pipe Decoy, 56 Openings between the Screens, 45 Orford Hall Decoy, 102 Orielton Decoy, 147		Oriel Decoy, 193 Origin and Age Of Decoys, 3 Orford Haven, 163 Orwell Park Decoy, 163 ____ River, 163 Osgodby Hall Decoy, 180 Ossington Hall Decoy, 145 Ottmoor, 60, 62 Ottershaw Park Decoy, 170 Oundle, 142 Ouse, River, 112 Oxfordshire, Decoys in, 146
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Packington Hall Decoy, 174 Page Mr. Charles (Grange Farm), 78 ____ Mr. R. (Marsh House), 77 Paling, necessary, to Decoy, 43 Park Hall Decoy., 145 ____ Wern Decoy, 93 Parteene Decoy, 194 Pearce, Rev. F., 74 Peasmarsh Decoy, 173 Pedley's "Fens and Floods of Mid-Lincon-shire,         shire," 104 Peep -holes in Decoy screens, 44 Pembroke, Earl of, 146 Pembrokeshire, Decoys in 147 Pennant, 128 ____ records great Catch of Ducks, 11 Pepys' "Diary," 127 Perry, River, 150 Petre, Mr. J. Berney, 131 ____ Mrs., 132 Pevensey Marsh 171 Pewit Island, 88 Phelps' "History of Somerset,' 160 Phraseology of a Decoy, 17         Breast-wall, 17         Decoy Ducks, 18         Dog-jumps, 18         Draught of a Pipe, 17         Food, 18         Head Shew, 17         Hoops, 17         Landing-places, 18         Pipes, 17		Reed Edges, 17         Screens, 17         Tunnel-net, 18         Turf, 18         Yackoop, The, 18, 26 Picardy sends large Numbers of Ducks to Paris         Market, 204 Pinchbeck Fens, 103 Plan of a Pipe, 57 Plan of Three-pipe Decoy, facing 55 ____ of Decoy-pipe, facing 57 ____ of Five-pipe Decoy, facing 58 Plan of Cage Decoy, facing 71 ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____    72 Plans of Decoys, Criticism of, 55 Plumb, James 132 Pochards, 77 Pochard Ponds, 84 Pond Hall Decoy, 92 Ponsonby, Mr. C. B., 195 Poole Harbour Estuary, 74 Position of Decoys of the British Islands, 10 Posts of the Screens, 45 Powis, Earl of, 129 Prescott, Sir G., 86 Price paid for Wildfowl in 1716, 82 Price, Sir Rose, 70 Privet, on Bank Tops 42, 43 Protection of Wildfowl, 6 Pug, as Decoy, 49 Purdis Hall Decoy, 164 Pyrford Decoy, 170
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Rabbits a great Nuisance, 43 Ramsey Abbey, 108 ____ Island Decoy, 79 ____ Mere, 69, 96 Ranworth Broad, 138 ____ Decoy, 138 Rathescar Decoy, 193 Ratton Decoy, 173 Ray, 4 Rear of a Screen, 46 "Redfurns," The, 107 Redmore Fen, 141 Reed Edge around the Water of a Decoy, 42		Reeds, The, 46 Rennie, 68 Ricketts, C. Aubrey, 61 Ridge-trees, 37 Ridsdale, Rev. Mr., 170 Rimes, James 126 Ripon, Marquis of, 121 River Nen, 65 Rother, River, 174 Rothschild, Baron Ferdinand de, 62 Roydon Hall Decoy, 92 Russell, Colonel, 84
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Salmon, Mr. Joseph, 88 Salter, Dr. J. H., 86 Saurin, Colonel, 147 Sawdust strewn along Path, 45 Scorborough Decoy, 184 Scotland, 188 Scott, Lord Henry, 95 ____ John, 127 Screens, The, 44 ____ Construction Of, 46 Screen-posts, 44 Sedge Fen, 65, 167 Sempringham Fen, 103 Setting up the Hoops 37 Severn, River, 93 Shannon, River, 194 Shapwick Decoy, 154 Shardeloes, Lake at, 60 Sharpe (Gamekeeper), 149 Sharpham Park Decoy, 153 ____ and Sedgemoor Decoys, Somerset, facing           93 Sheep depastured in Wildmore Fen, 105 Shobdon Court Decoy, 95 Shooting round a Decoy, 133 Shores of Decoy, 41 Shropshire, Decoys in, 150 Simpson, Mr. George, 88 Sittingbourne Decoy, 98 "Six Hundred Decoy," The, 114 Skellingthorpe Decoy, 124 Skelton, George, 11, 135 ____ ____ Death of, 13 ____ Henry, 13 ____ John, 122 ____ Old George, Portrait of-Frontispiece ____ ____ ____ , 179 ____ Richard, 12 ____ T. Gilbert, 12, 149, 195 ____ William, 12, 174, 195 Skeltons, The family of, 12 Skinner's Wick, or Whitehouse Decoy, 85 Sligo, County of, 195 Smith, Mr. James, 89 Snipe, Large numbers of, 171		Solley's Decoy, 85 Somersetshire, Decoys in, 152 Souley Pond, 95 South Acre Decoy, 14, 132 ____ CarIton Decoy, 124 ____ Hall Decoy, 79 South Kelsey Decoy, 124 ____ Kyme Decoy, 121 ____ Level, 70 Southwell, Mr. Thomas, F.Z.S., 106,130 Spalding, 3,000 Mallards at one Drive, 4 ____ Moor, 184 Spalford, Dykes near, 104 Spelman, Sir Henry, 2 Spiller, Sir Robert, 147 Staffordshire, Decoys in, 160 Stale Birds, 49 Stansgate Wick, 79 Steeple Decoy, 79 St. Catherine's Chapel, 71 Steeple Creek, 79 St. Giles' Fen, 65 St. James's Park Decoy, 126 Stilton Fen, 96 Stoke Decoy, 159 Stoneham Park, 94 Stonehurst's " Hist. and Topog. of the Isle of         Axholme," 117 Storey, Edward, 126 Storey's Gate, 128 Stour, Estuary of the, 75 Stow Bardolph Decoy, 140 Stowe, Lake at, 60 St. Paul's, Dean and Chapter Of, 76 Strangways Family, 73 Sudbourne Hall, 162 Suffield, Lord, 137 Suffolk, Decoys in, 161 Sundorne Castle Decoy, 150 Sunk Island Decoy, 184 ____ ____ , State of (1711), 184 Surrey, Decoys in, 169 Sussex, Decoys in, 171 Sutton Fen, 65 Swannery (Abbotsbury), 71 Swans on the Fleet, 73
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Tacey, Mr. George, 117 Taking Birds out of Tunnel-net, 22 Tame Decoys, 27 ____ Decoy Ducks, 47 Tame-reared Wild Ducks, 48 Tangmere Decoy, 171 Tees Bay, 179 Tetford, 68 Thame, Neighbourhood of, 60 Thames, The, 127 The Great Fen, 96 The Grange Decoy, Tillingham Marsh, 78 The Hoo Decoy, 97 The Old Decoy, or Jacques Hall Old Decoy, 92 "The Severals," 140 Thirkleby Park Decoy, 178 Thomas, Mr. R, 173 Thompson's " Natural History of Ireland       (1851), 190, 191, 192, 193, 194, 196 Thoresby, 144		Thorne Waste, 186 ____ ____ Decoy, 18 Thorney Fen, 65 Tillingham Marsh, 76, 78 Timberland Decoy, 121 Tipperary, County of, Decoys in, 195 Tolleshunt D'Arcy, 85 Tomline, Col. George, 163 Ton of Ducks, A, despatched twice a week,         167 Tor, The, 152 Tortington Decoy, 173 Trengwainton Decoy, 70 Trundle Mere, 96 Tunnel-net, 39 Two-pipe Decoy, 56 Tyrone, County of, Decoys in, 195 Tyssen-Amherst, Mr., M.P., 133, 135 Tythrop Decoy, 146 ____ House, 146
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Van Heckn, Mr., 202, 203 Vermin, To protect Decoy from, 43 Vermuyden, Sir Cornelius, 68, 106, 186 Verney, Sir Harry, 64		Villa Farm Decoy, 92 Virginia Water Decoy, 169 View of a Decoy-pipe from Head Show Place,       facing 17
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Wainfleet St. Mary's Decoys, 123 Wales, Few Decoys in, 11 Wallace, Sir Richard, 162 Walling Fen, 176, 184 Walsingham, Lord, 135 Ward Family of Decoymen, The, 145 Warry, Mr. G., 154 Warwickshire, Decoys in, 174 Warton, Col. Valentine, 66 Wash, The, 67 Water Supply of a Decoy, 40 Waterman, Sr. George, 126 Watson, " History of Wisbeach," 66 Watton Decoy, Yorkshire, 183 Waxham Decoy, 137 Webb, Mr. G., 100 Webber, Capt. Frank, 196 Welbeck, 144 Wells, Captain, 97 Wells' " History of the Fens," 66 Wenlock, Lord, 179 West Fen, 103 Westbury Decoy, 158 Westmorland, Decoys in, 175 West Wick Decoy, 79, 131 Westwick House, Norwich, 131 Wey, River, 170 Whaplode Fen 103 Whartons, The, 63 What a Decoy consists of, 18 White Fen, 65 Whittlesey Decoy, 66 ____ Mere, 69, 97, 112 Wicklow, County of, Decoys in, 196 Wigeon mainly taken by Feeding, 28 Wilcrick Decoy, 129 Wild Geese, 64 Wilderness, The (Winchendon) 63 Wildmore Fen, 103, 105 ____ Tits, 105 Willes, Mr. John, 77 ____ Mr. R., 78 Willesden, Lake at, 60 William the Conqueror, 108 Williams, Andrew, Lines on, v, 151 ____ Mr. B., 143 ____ T., 140 ____ T. and J 124 Willughby (The historian), 4, 6 Wiltshire, Decoys in, 175 Wimblington Fen, 65 Wimborne Decoy, 74		Winchendon Decoy, 63 ____ House, 63, 64 Windsor, Lord, 150 Winslow, 64 Winterton Decoy, 137 Wire-netting, 38 Wisbeach, 65 Wiseman, Mr., 79 Witham, River, 104 Wodehouse, Sir W., 2 Wolterton Decoy, 136 ____ Park, 136 Woodbastwick Decoy, 138 Woodhall Decoy, 140 Woolaton Hall Decoy, 146 Wooley, Sir John, 170 Works relating to Decoys, 6         Bewick, 6         Blome, 7         Bradley on Gardening, 8         British Encyclopaedia" Nicholson in, 7         Davies C., in "Norfolk Rivers and             Broads," 8         ____ " Peter Penniless," 8         "Dictionary of Science and Art," 9         "England Illustrated," 8         Folkard, in the " Wildfowler," 8         Goldsmith, Oliver, 7         "Itinerarium Curiosum," 8         Loudon's Encyclopaedia of Agriculture,"              8,9         Lubbock's Fauna of Norfolk," 8         Maxwell, 8         Natural History, A," 8         Ogilby, John's " Fables of Æsop para             phrased," Sketch from, 9         Pennant, 7         Southwell, Thomas, in " Transactions of             Norfolk and Norwich Naturalists'             Society," 8         "Treasury of Natural History" (Maunder's), 204         Universal Magazine, 7         Yarrell's " British Birds," 8 Wormegay Decoy, 140 Worlingham Decoy, 168 Wormingford Decoy, 92 Worthing, 172 Wotton, Lake at, 60 ____ Park Decoy, 64 Wrangle Decoys, 123 Wretham Decoy, 132 Wykenham, Mr. P. J. D., 146
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Yew Tree Heath, 95		Yorkshire, 176