CHAPTER XVIII THE KING’S LEVY

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Introduction vii
4. A Richard Jefferies Chronology li
5. A Note on the Text liii
6. Part I The Relapse into Barbarism
7. CHAPTER I THE GREAT FOREST 3
8. CHAPTER II WILD ANIMALS 10
9. CHAPTER III MEN OF THE WOODS 14
10. CHAPTER IV THE INVADERS 22
11. CHAPTER V THE LAKE 29
12. Part II Wild England
13. CHAPTER I SIR FELIX 37
14. CHAPTER II THE HOUSE OF AQUILA 43
15. CHAPTER III THE STOCKADE 50
16. CHAPTER IV THE CANOE 56
17. CHAPTER V BARON AQUILA 62
18. CHAPTER VI THE FOREST TRACK 68
19. CHAPTER VII THE FOREST TRACK CONTINUED 75
20. CHAPTER VIII THYMA CASTLE 80
21. CHAPTER IX SUPERSTITIONS 87
22. CHAPTER X THE FEAST 93
23. CHAPTER XI AURORA 98
24. CHAPTER XII NIGHT IN THE FOREST 102
25. CHAPTER XIII SAILING AWAY 107
26. CHAPTER XIV THE STRAITS 113
27. CHAPTER XV SAILING ONWARDS 118
28. CHAPTER XVI THE CITY 123
29. CHAPTER XVII THE CAMP 129
30. CHAPTER XVIII THE KING’S LEVY 135
31. CHAPTER XIX FIGHTING 140
32. CHAPTER XX IN DANGER 146
33. CHAPTER XXI A VOYAGE 152
34. CHAPTER XXII DISCOVERIES 158
35. CHAPTER XXIII STRANGE THINGS 163
36. CHAPTER XXIV FIERY VAPOURS 168
37. CHAPTER XXV THE SHEPHERDS 173
38. CHAPTER XXVI BOW AND ARROW 179
39. CHAPTER XXVII SURPRISED 183
40. CHAPTER XXVIII FOR AURORA 188
41. Appendix 1 Richard Jefferies, ‘The Great Snow’ (fragment, 1876) 194
42. Appendix 2 Richard Jefferies, [‘Alone in London’] (Untitled fragment, undated MS, British Library, Add. MSS 58817) 199