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... Snipes , Quails , Landrails , and Rabbits . With certain exceptions ...... Gamekeepers , Deputations , & c . Refusing to give Names ...... ..... 586 587 588 1 1 Tame Pigeons or House Doves ....... Page 588 Duties on xxvi CONTENTS .
... Snipes , Quails , Landrails , and Rabbits . With certain exceptions ...... Gamekeepers , Deputations , & c . Refusing to give Names ...... ..... 586 587 588 1 1 Tame Pigeons or House Doves ....... Page 588 Duties on xxvi CONTENTS .
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... snipes will , in general , lie well ; and if you shoot in covert , your dogs are soon cowed by the wet , and the sport is anything but pleasure ; and if you go after wildfowl , you cannot choose a worse time for your sport or your ...
... snipes will , in general , lie well ; and if you shoot in covert , your dogs are soon cowed by the wet , and the sport is anything but pleasure ; and if you go after wildfowl , you cannot choose a worse time for your sport or your ...
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... snipes in February and March , when other birds should not be fired at . In this case , unless I had a very close- shooting gun , I should use No. 8. , the difference between which and 7. is more than that of any other * This size was ...
... snipes in February and March , when other birds should not be fired at . In this case , unless I had a very close- shooting gun , I should use No. 8. , the difference between which and 7. is more than that of any other * This size was ...
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... snipes will fly away with it , if shot in the body ; and , to break a bone with it , the bird must be very close : add to which , its disadvantage in windy weather , and the impossibility of manufacturing it so well as the regular ...
... snipes will fly away with it , if shot in the body ; and , to break a bone with it , the bird must be very close : add to which , its disadvantage in windy weather , and the impossibility of manufacturing it so well as the regular ...
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... , or even a few snipes , than bags full of game , that have been reared on his own or neigh- bour's estate ; and one who does not , may be con- sidered a pot - hunter . In a country where N 3 COCK SHOOTING . 181 Cock Shooting.
... , or even a few snipes , than bags full of game , that have been reared on his own or neigh- bour's estate ; and one who does not , may be con- sidered a pot - hunter . In a country where N 3 COCK SHOOTING . 181 Cock Shooting.
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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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