Hints on shooting and fishing [&c.]. |
Inni boken
Resultat 1-5 av 20
Side 84
... ducks or teal , No. 7. will answer every purpose larger shot will not succeed so well , but cause disappointment . I rather fancy the marais in the vicinity of Montreuil are not so good now as they were for- merly , owing to the extent ...
... ducks or teal , No. 7. will answer every purpose larger shot will not succeed so well , but cause disappointment . I rather fancy the marais in the vicinity of Montreuil are not so good now as they were for- merly , owing to the extent ...
Side 95
... duck shooting from huts is so extensively resorted to by the peasants , and with so much success , that not only are the towns in the immediate vicinity of the operations sup- plied with wildfowl during the season , but even Paris is ...
... duck shooting from huts is so extensively resorted to by the peasants , and with so much success , that not only are the towns in the immediate vicinity of the operations sup- plied with wildfowl during the season , but even Paris is ...
Side 96
... ducks is to be fired into . I have known one man kill as many as forty wild ducks in one night and morning , for it is only during the evening and morning flights that any number of shots are had , wildfowl rarely moving during the ...
... ducks is to be fired into . I have known one man kill as many as forty wild ducks in one night and morning , for it is only during the evening and morning flights that any number of shots are had , wildfowl rarely moving during the ...
Side 98
... , the huttier walks through with his marais - boots , fixes his decoy - ducks to their different positions , and picks up his birds after a shot without difficulty ; whereas , in deep water , a man requires a 98 SHOOTING , FISHING , ETC.
... , the huttier walks through with his marais - boots , fixes his decoy - ducks to their different positions , and picks up his birds after a shot without difficulty ; whereas , in deep water , a man requires a 98 SHOOTING , FISHING , ETC.
Side 100
... ducks , teal , and plover , I ever saw in my life . The wind was blowing strong from the south - east , and had been in that quarter previously through the night . During the whole of the day I observed large flights arriving - snipes ...
... ducks , teal , and plover , I ever saw in my life . The wind was blowing strong from the south - east , and had been in that quarter previously through the night . During the whole of the day I observed large flights arriving - snipes ...
Andre utgaver - Vis alle
Vanlige uttrykk og setninger
abundant bait better black game boat boots bottom breed breeze castor oil chance CHARLES MERIVALE cheaper Edition cloth cock colour commence conger eel cover distance dogs ducks easily Engravings especially fastened favourable Fcap feet first-rate fish flight France frequently ground grouse hen harrier History hook huttiers immediately inches keeper kennel kill land latter length mackerel manner marais ment months moors morning morocco mussel never night numerous occasion occasionally operations partridges person pheasants Plates pointers porridge Post 8vo price 58 punt quantity require rocks sail salmon Scotland sea-water lochs season secure seith shore shot side snipe snipe shooting sometimes Sound of Jura spaniels sport sportsman spot Square crown 8vo strong success taken thick tide tion trap tridges trout vermin vols warm weather widgeon wild fowl wind Wood woodcock Woodcuts
Populære avsnitt
Side 8 - Haydn's Book of Dignities : Containing Rolls of the Official Personages of the British Empire, Civil, Ecclesiastical, Judicial, Military, Naval, and Municipal, from the Earliest Periods to the Present Time.
Side 15 - Murray's Encyclopaedia of Geography ; comprising a complete Description of the Earth : Exhibiting its Relation to the Heavenly Bodies, its Physical Structure, the Natural History of each Country, and the Industry, Commerce, Political Institutions, and Civil and Social State of All Nations. Second Edition ; with 82 Maps, and upwards of 1,000 other Woodcuts. 8vo. price 60s. Neale.
Side 6 - Copland. — A Dictionary of Practical Medicine : Comprising General Pathology, the Nature and Treatment of Diseases, Morbid Structures, and the Disorders especially...
Side 13 - Mrs. Marcet's Conversations on Chemistry, in which the Elements of that Science are familiarly explained and illustrated by Experiments.
Side 3 - MODERN COOKERY-BOOK. Modern Cookery in all its Branches, reduced to a System of Easy Practice. For the use of Private Families. In a Series of Receipts, all of which have been strictly tested, and are given with the most minute exactness. By ELIZA ACTON. New Edition : with Directions for Carving, and other Additions.
Side 9 - Boy's Country Book: Being the Real Life of a Country Boy, written by himself; exhibiting all the Amusements, Pleasures, and Pursuits of Children in the Country. New Edition; with 40 Woodcuts. Fcp. 8vo. price 6s. Howitt. — The Rural Life of England.
Side 7 - The Englishman's Greek Concordance of the New Testament : Being an Attempt at a Verbal Connexion between the Greek and the English Texts ; including a Concordance to the Proper Names, with Indexes, GreekEnglish and English-Greek. New Edition, with a new Index. Royal 8vo. price 42s. The Englishman's Hebrew and Chaldee Concordance...
Side 17 - Rich's Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary and Greek Lexicon : Forming a Glossary of all the Words representing Visible Objects connected with the Arts, Manufactures, and Every-day Life of the Ancients.
Side 13 - Mr. Macaulay's Lays of Ancient Rome. With numerous Illustrations, Original and from the Antique, drawn on Wood by George Scarf, Jun., and engraved by Samuel Williams.
Side 9 - Howitt. — The Rural Life of England. By WILLIAM HOWITT. New Edition, corrected and revised ; with Woodcuts by Bewick and Williams : Uniform with fmtt to Remarkable Placet. Medium 8vo. 21s. Howitt.— Visits to Remarkable Places; Old Halls, Battle- Fields, and Scenes illustrative of Striking Passages in English History and Poetry.