A Memoir of Thomas Bewick Written by himself
CHAPTER II.
Employments in spring—Angling—Mischievous pranks—Floggings 14–31 at school—Ghosts and Boggles—Change in the mind—Man-fights, dog-fights, cock-fights—Fear of ghosts entertained by the bulk of the people—Meet the Devil going a-guising—Miss Gregson’s reproof—Mr. Gregson’s lecture—Birds and their nests—Ants—Bees