Virgil, Georgics,
  and farm work, 207;
  onomatopoeic lines, 195, 196;
  on planting trees, 168;
  prophetic lines, 300.

Wages, 68, 69, 70.

Waggon,
  an ancient, 139;
  name on a, 131, 132.

Wakefield, Bishop of, 230.

Walnut chair, 7.

War, great, 45, 161, 227.

Warde Fowler, Mr., 77, 78.

Washington, Penelope, 9, 10.

Wasps, 274, 275.

Water-rats, 144.

Waterspouts, 250.

Way-warden, 100.

Weather, abnormal, 247, 248, 249;
  signs, 233.

Wedding feast, a village, 65.

Weeds, 70.

Weighing machine, incorrect, 43.

Wellington, Duke of, 197.

“Welsher,” a, 137.

“Wendy,” Pekingese, 267.

Westwood, Professor, 276.

Weyhill Fair, 228.

Wickhamford, 8, 94, 299.

Wild geese, 263.

Wild, Miss Margaret, 92.

Will Hall farm, 235.

Will-o’-the-wisp, 249.

Willow ("withy"), 199, 201.

Wheatear, bird, 262.

Wheat: 
  growing, ruined by importations, 208;
  harvest, 210;
  hoeing, 70;
  rick building, 212.

Whisky, 131, 178.

White, Gilbert,
  black bullfinch, 257;
  dew-ponds, 243;
  salted flesh, 296;
  Saxon plurals, 289;
  Selborne Church bells, 94.

White, Miss Maude V., 124.

Women on the land, 74, 75, 76.

Woodcock, 258, 259.

Woodpecker, green, 256.

Woodpigeons, 261.

Wool, 146, 147;
  staplers, 145.

“Woonts,” 143.

Worcester,
  Battle of, 7;
  Bishops of, 103;
  butter market, 154;
  china, 161;
  hop-fair, 227.

Words, confusion of, 51, 52.

Wordsworth quoted, 61, 263.

Wren, golden-crested, 261.

“Wusser and wusser, old,” 29.

Wych-elm, 53.

Yardley, Richard, will of, 5.