Instructions to Young Sportsmen in All that Relates to Guns and Shooting |
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Instructions to Young Sportsmen: In All That Relates to Guns and Shooting Peter Hawker No preview available - 2015 |
Instructions to Young Sportsmen: In All That Relates to Guns and Shooting Peter Hawker No preview available - 2018 |
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Page 30 - The length, bend, and casting off of a stock, must, of course, be fitted to the shooter, who should have his measure for them as carefully entered on a gunmaker's books, as that for a suit of clothes on those of his tailor.
Page 214 - And it came to pass, whensoever the stronger cattle did conceive, that Jacob laid the rods before the eyes of the cattle in the gutters, that they might conceive among the rods.
Page 241 - ... birds are overkept, their leg-s will be dry, their eyes much sunk, and the vent will become soft, and somewhat discoloured. The first place to ascertain if they are beginning to be high, is the inside of their bills, where it is not amiss to put some hether straw, or spice, if you want to keep them any length of time.
Page 73 - Street, he made me the most perfect gun I ever saw ; and doubting whether such another could be got, I set my wits to work in order to simplify the invention. At last the plan of a perforated nipple, and the detonating powder in the crown of a small cap, occurred to me. I made a drawing of it, and took it to Joe. After having explained it, he said he would show me something in a few weeks...
Page 198 - When one looks down upon the sea from the precipice, its whole surface seems covered with infinite numbers of birds of different kinds, swimming and pursuing their prey. If, in sailing round the island, one surveys its hanging cliffs, in every crag, or fissure of the broken rocks, may be seen innumerable birds, of various sorts and sizes, more than the stars of heaven, when viewed in a serene night. If they are viewed at a distance, either receding, or in their approach to the island, they seem like...
Page 433 - ... in the parish [or parishes] of , in the county [or counties] of...
Page 422 - October and 12th of February, and from nine at night to four in the morning, from the 12th of February to the 12th of October (besides the other...
Page 420 - ... ferrets, trammels, low-bells, hays, or other nets, hare-pipes, snares, or other engines, for the pursuing, taking, or killing of hares, rabbits, pheasants, partridges, or other game, as shall be used within the precincts of my said manor, by any person or persons who by law are prohibited to keep or use the same. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this — day of . " ." (Seal.) Sealed and delivered in the presence of , of aforesaid.
Page 439 - Owners or occupiers of land, lords of manors, or their servants, may apprehend offenders...
Page 241 - ... Londoner receives his brace of blue-legged birds in September, he should immediately snap their legs, and draw out the sinews, by means of pulling off the feet, instead of leaving them to torment him, like so many strings, when he would be wishing to enjoy his repast. This remedy of making the leg tender removes the objection to old birds, provided the weather will admit of their being sufficiently kept ; and indeed they are then often preferable, from having a higher flavour.