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 ix
... late father ; and in making the necessary alterations and additions , he has endeavoured , as much as possible , to adhere to the plan which he believes would have been adopted by the Author , had he lived to fulfil his intention of ...
... late father ; and in making the necessary alterations and additions , he has endeavoured , as much as possible , to adhere to the plan which he believes would have been adopted by the Author , had he lived to fulfil his intention of ...
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... late , been in many parts materially altered and enlarged . The improvements here added have been the result of still further experience ; and , therefore , may be considered , in some degree , as finishing lessons to those young ...
... late , been in many parts materially altered and enlarged . The improvements here added have been the result of still further experience ; and , therefore , may be considered , in some degree , as finishing lessons to those young ...
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... late Wm . Daniell , Esq . , R. A. ) · 400 406 410 . 411 • ib . · ib . • 421 Head of Wild and Tame Swan , in juxtaposition , from nature Wildfowl Artillery ; or , Carriage for using a Stanchion - gun on Land 435 Invisible Approach , for ...
... late Wm . Daniell , Esq . , R. A. ) · 400 406 410 . 411 • ib . · ib . • 421 Head of Wild and Tame Swan , in juxtaposition , from nature Wildfowl Artillery ; or , Carriage for using a Stanchion - gun on Land 435 Invisible Approach , for ...
Page xix
... late Mr. Joseph Manton - great changes in the gun- trade Fullerd's factory at an end " Barrels , some of the best shot , and then gauged , in order to show how they were bored Two groove rifles Table of a Trial to prove that long ...
... late Mr. Joseph Manton - great changes in the gun- trade Fullerd's factory at an end " Barrels , some of the best shot , and then gauged , in order to show how they were bored Two groove rifles Table of a Trial to prove that long ...
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... late William Moore , who was an old hand at Joe's , and knew to a hair how to fit a man's shoulder with a gun . Poor Moore is also gone to his long home , having left the business in the hands of Mr. Grey , also an élève of Joe Manton ...
... late William Moore , who was an old hand at Joe's , and knew to a hair how to fit a man's shoulder with a gun . Poor Moore is also gone to his long home , having left the business in the hands of Mr. Grey , also an élève of Joe Manton ...
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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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