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Side 16
... feet from the surface of the ground , when one shot entered the eye of one of my dogs standing about 15 or 20 yards to the right of the direction in which I shot : what caused the shot to go thus obliquely I cannot conjecture ; the gun ...
... feet from the surface of the ground , when one shot entered the eye of one of my dogs standing about 15 or 20 yards to the right of the direction in which I shot : what caused the shot to go thus obliquely I cannot conjecture ; the gun ...
Side 22
... feet a - head . One of the principal reasons of that continuous bad shooting which characterises some sportsmen is to be found in their habit of merely shooting at their game ; the consequence is , they never , except by mere accident ...
... feet a - head . One of the principal reasons of that continuous bad shooting which characterises some sportsmen is to be found in their habit of merely shooting at their game ; the consequence is , they never , except by mere accident ...
Side 30
... late in the day , is sufficiently cold to be disagreeable with thin stockings ; and the thick stockings possess an advantage besides their warmth , in protecting the feet from being wrung 30 SHOOTING , FISHING , ETC.
... late in the day , is sufficiently cold to be disagreeable with thin stockings ; and the thick stockings possess an advantage besides their warmth , in protecting the feet from being wrung 30 SHOOTING , FISHING , ETC.
Side 31
Christopher Idle (pseud.) their warmth , in protecting the feet from being wrung or excoriated by the shooting boots , which is no uncommon occurrence at the beginning of the season , and to which you will be always subject with thin ...
Christopher Idle (pseud.) their warmth , in protecting the feet from being wrung or excoriated by the shooting boots , which is no uncommon occurrence at the beginning of the season , and to which you will be always subject with thin ...
Side 32
... feet slipping from under you , you may fall with your entire dead weight upon the edge of some rock , and may dislocate a joint , break a bone , or what is not uncommon , break the stock of your gun ; or at all events receive a severe ...
... feet slipping from under you , you may fall with your entire dead weight upon the edge of some rock , and may dislocate a joint , break a bone , or what is not uncommon , break the stock of your gun ; or at all events receive a severe ...
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