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... manor that will now afford so many shots in a day , it becomes a query , how often we may venture to put away a gun which has been used . I think , that if eight or ten shots have been fired from each barrel , it will be best to have ...
... manor that will now afford so many shots in a day , it becomes a query , how often we may venture to put away a gun which has been used . I think , that if eight or ten shots have been fired from each barrel , it will be best to have ...
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... manor by some knowing gamekeeper . Many old sportsmen will not beat their ground at all in windy weather . This I hold to be bad , for birds run a great deal when it blows hard ; and , by such means , often run out of bounds . When ...
... manor by some knowing gamekeeper . Many old sportsmen will not beat their ground at all in windy weather . This I hold to be bad , for birds run a great deal when it blows hard ; and , by such means , often run out of bounds . When ...
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... nor in Devonshire nor Somersetshire , till the 1st of September . But every where else on this gentleman's manor , eleven brace in one day 238 BLACK - GAME SHOOTING . BLACK-GAME SHOOTING ON THE BOR- DERS OF HANTS AND DORSET.
... nor in Devonshire nor Somersetshire , till the 1st of September . But every where else on this gentleman's manor , eleven brace in one day 238 BLACK - GAME SHOOTING . BLACK-GAME SHOOTING ON THE BOR- DERS OF HANTS AND DORSET.
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Peter Hawker. on this gentleman's manor , eleven brace in one day , which was considered , by the keepers , extraordinary success ; and we killed eight brace without missing a shot . But notwithstanding all our birds were as strong , and ...
Peter Hawker. on this gentleman's manor , eleven brace in one day , which was considered , by the keepers , extraordinary success ; and we killed eight brace without missing a shot . But notwithstanding all our birds were as strong , and ...
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... manor of my late father , of whom Mr. Daniel had the deputation , and was an eyewitness to the circum- stance . The particulars of this he very correctly stated in his " Rural Sports . " PLOVER . Of the plover tribe there are six sorts ...
... manor of my late father , of whom Mr. Daniel had the deputation , and was an eyewitness to the circum- stance . The particulars of this he very correctly stated in his " Rural Sports . " PLOVER . Of the plover tribe there are six sorts ...
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Instructions to Young Sportsmen in All that Relates to Guns and Shooting Peter Hawker Visualização integral - 1844 |
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