Sporting scenes, and country characters by Martingale1840 |
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Side 7
... enables the true sportsman to find out their respective haunts , and to approach them with such remarkable success as to astonish the many pre- tenders who can never even get within shot of a flight of wild fowl . - If , indeed , there ...
... enables the true sportsman to find out their respective haunts , and to approach them with such remarkable success as to astonish the many pre- tenders who can never even get within shot of a flight of wild fowl . - If , indeed , there ...
Side 10
... enables him to accomplish the pur- pose for which , under whatever circumstances , favourable or unfavourable , he commenced the pursuit . The pecu- liar whistle and flight of the plover , with their pointed wings , are as familiar to ...
... enables him to accomplish the pur- pose for which , under whatever circumstances , favourable or unfavourable , he commenced the pursuit . The pecu- liar whistle and flight of the plover , with their pointed wings , are as familiar to ...
Side 16
... of horsemen increases ; and the humble pedestrian is also enabled to come up to the spot in sufficient time to witness the commencement of the sport . The attrac- tions of the scene are also increased by the arrival 16 FOX HUNTING .
... of horsemen increases ; and the humble pedestrian is also enabled to come up to the spot in sufficient time to witness the commencement of the sport . The attrac- tions of the scene are also increased by the arrival 16 FOX HUNTING .
Side 23
... enabling the pack to regain the scent of which they have been suddenly and unexpectedly deprived . At length , closely pressed , away flies the unkennelled fox as swift as the winds ; and the hounds stream out of the cover in hot ...
... enabling the pack to regain the scent of which they have been suddenly and unexpectedly deprived . At length , closely pressed , away flies the unkennelled fox as swift as the winds ; and the hounds stream out of the cover in hot ...
Side 36
... enabled to thread the intricacies of the closest covers , to overcome all obstacles , and to endure the burst of a long run . The huntsman who is perfect master of the business of the kennel , and adds to the due performance of those ...
... enabled to thread the intricacies of the closest covers , to overcome all obstacles , and to endure the burst of a long run . The huntsman who is perfect master of the business of the kennel , and adds to the due performance of those ...
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Vanlige uttrykk og setninger
ALKEN amongst animal approach bait battue beautiful birds chace Cloth Lettered cock considerable distance course cover coveys danger deer delightful destruction DICKES diversion dogs ducks earth Edition effect enabled enjoyment escape especially extremely favourite feed feeling fieldfare fish float fishing fly-fisher Foolscap Octavo Volume fox hunter fox hunting gamekeeper greyhound ground grouse gunner habits hare haunts horse huntsman immediately invariably jack snipe keeper kennel killed knows labour landrail large number lover lurcher mole-catcher nature never night occasions otter owner pack partridge perfect pheasant pike poacher possesses pot-hunter present preserved Price purpose pursued pursuit qualities rabbit-catcher rabbits racter rat-catcher resolution resort Reynard ride rience scene scent season secure shooter shooting shot skill snipe spot stag hunting stoat stream tion Tom Moody traps trout true sportsman turn weasel weather whilst whipper-in whips whole woods young hounds
Populære avsnitt
Side 158 - But, look, the morn in russet mantle clad, Walks o'er the dew of yon high eastern hill.
Side 277 - Fly fishing may be a very pleasant amusement ; but angling or float fishing, I can only compare to a stick and a string, with a worm at one end, and a, fool at the other.
Side 86 - My hounds are bred out of the Spartan kind, So flewed, so sanded, and their heads are hung With ears that sweep away the morning dew ; Crook-kneed, and dewlapped like Thessalian bulls ; Slow in pursuit, but matched in mouth like bells, Each under each.
Side 28 - Dispersed, how busily this way and that, They cross, examining with curious nose Each likely haunt. Hark! on the drag I hear Their doubtful notes, preluding to a cry More nobly full, and swelled with every mouth.