Wrinkles: Or, Hints to Sportsmen and Travellers on Dress, Equipment, and Camp LifeChatto and Windus, 1874 - 294 páginas |
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... feel afraid of his stumbling , and “ making game " of Less to Carry . 18. The bother of carrying powder- flask , shot - bag , caps , wads , loading - rod , and nipple- me . screw is avoided ; none being required with a breech BREECH ...
... feel afraid of his stumbling , and “ making game " of Less to Carry . 18. The bother of carrying powder- flask , shot - bag , caps , wads , loading - rod , and nipple- me . screw is avoided ; none being required with a breech BREECH ...
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... feel that he can shoot better and with greater satisfaction , having his hands clean ? whereas with a common gun they will in a few times loading get blackened with exploded powder , and sticky . Now , with a breech - loader , a man may ...
... feel that he can shoot better and with greater satisfaction , having his hands clean ? whereas with a common gun they will in a few times loading get blackened with exploded powder , and sticky . Now , with a breech - loader , a man may ...
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... feels so dizzy that everything appears to turn round , keeping himself covered up , and only drinking hot weak lemonade , so as make him perspire as much as possible . Sometimes the fever is killed at once by this sharp but severe ...
... feels so dizzy that everything appears to turn round , keeping himself covered up , and only drinking hot weak lemonade , so as make him perspire as much as possible . Sometimes the fever is killed at once by this sharp but severe ...
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... smell a taint in the air at an almost incredible distance . When a hart is disabled and run down by dogs , and he feels that he cannot escape by speed , he will choose the best position he can , and defend Hints to Sportsmen 164 191.
... smell a taint in the air at an almost incredible distance . When a hart is disabled and run down by dogs , and he feels that he cannot escape by speed , he will choose the best position he can , and defend Hints to Sportsmen 164 191.
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... feel at heart that there is no music so sweet as the wild voices of the woods . Forest All forests are gloomy , but they Scenery . have their comparative degrees of shade , and present a great diversity of appear- ance . The tall ...
... feel at heart that there is no music so sweet as the wild voices of the woods . Forest All forests are gloomy , but they Scenery . have their comparative degrees of shade , and present a great diversity of appear- ance . The tall ...
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Wrinkles: Or, Hints to Sportsmen and Travellers on Dress, Equipment, and ... Henry Astbury Leveson Visualização integral - 1874 |
Wrinkles; Or, Hints to Sportsmen and Travellers on Dress, Equipment, and ... Henry A. Leveson Visualização integral - 1874 |
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