Instructions to Young Sportsmen in All that Relates to Guns and Shooting: With Explanatory Plates and WoodcutsPeter Hawker, Peter William Lanoe Hawker |
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Page xii
... give particular directions for ( what gentlemen least understand ) GETTING ACCESS TO WILD BIRDS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION . With regard also to guns , and the various other subjects that form the remainder of the book , he has taken up his ...
... give particular directions for ( what gentlemen least understand ) GETTING ACCESS TO WILD BIRDS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION . With regard also to guns , and the various other subjects that form the remainder of the book , he has taken up his ...
Page xiv
... give some little additional knowledge to those for whom the work is intended ; and his earnest hopes are that these , his last , efforts on the subject will meet with that indulgence which he has experienced on all former occasions . In ...
... give some little additional knowledge to those for whom the work is intended ; and his earnest hopes are that these , his last , efforts on the subject will meet with that indulgence which he has experienced on all former occasions . In ...
Page xxiii
... give a fine coat to , Dogs Page . 297 . 299 · . 301 PRESERVATION OF GAME , exposing various tricks of Poachers and Trespassers HUTCH - TRAP FOR VERMIN DUCK - GUNS , New General Directions for , written in 1838 Table of Trial between ...
... give a fine coat to , Dogs Page . 297 . 299 · . 301 PRESERVATION OF GAME , exposing various tricks of Poachers and Trespassers HUTCH - TRAP FOR VERMIN DUCK - GUNS , New General Directions for , written in 1838 Table of Trial between ...
Page xxv
... give Temporary Changes to their Colour for dif- ferent Weather • • MEANS OF CONVEYING PUNTS , & c . OVER LAND Four - Wheel Truck for large Punts . SHOOTING WILDFOWL ON A RIVER , & c . · • 445 446 447 • 447 448 · 449 451 . 453 GENERAL ...
... give Temporary Changes to their Colour for dif- ferent Weather • • MEANS OF CONVEYING PUNTS , & c . OVER LAND Four - Wheel Truck for large Punts . SHOOTING WILDFOWL ON A RIVER , & c . · • 445 446 447 • 447 448 · 449 451 . 453 GENERAL ...
Page xxvii
... Landrails , and Rabbits . exceptions Gamekeepers , Deputations , & c . Refusing to give Names Tame Pigeons , or House Doves . • With certain 516 517 · . 518 . 518 Dogs . Page . 518 Exemptions from the Duty on CONTENTS . xxvii.
... Landrails , and Rabbits . exceptions Gamekeepers , Deputations , & c . Refusing to give Names Tame Pigeons , or House Doves . • With certain 516 517 · . 518 . 518 Dogs . Page . 518 Exemptions from the Duty on CONTENTS . xxvii.
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Instructions to Young Sportsmen in All That Relates to Guns and Shooting Peter Hawker No preview available - 2012 |
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