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Side 63
... soon be relinquished for the thicker and warmer ones , as the water on the damp mosses in the morning , and also late in the day , is suffi- ciently cold to be disagreeable with thin stockings ; and the thick stockings possess an ...
... soon be relinquished for the thicker and warmer ones , as the water on the damp mosses in the morning , and also late in the day , is suffi- ciently cold to be disagreeable with thin stockings ; and the thick stockings possess an ...
Side 75
... soon as it was light . There are two reasons which induce me to recommend eight or nine o'clock as the time for commencing operations , rather than at daybreak : in the first place , by allowing the grouse to remain undisturbed during ...
... soon as it was light . There are two reasons which induce me to recommend eight or nine o'clock as the time for commencing operations , rather than at daybreak : in the first place , by allowing the grouse to remain undisturbed during ...
Side 83
... soon a necessity , and the enemy destined to undermine the constitution and destroy health becomes the inseparable companion ; and the sportsman who thus yields to a pernicious in- fluence lays up for himself a certain store of future ...
... soon a necessity , and the enemy destined to undermine the constitution and destroy health becomes the inseparable companion ; and the sportsman who thus yields to a pernicious in- fluence lays up for himself a certain store of future ...
Side 93
... hung up in a large basket for the purpose , carried by a pony , till perfectly dry and cool . When put into a game - bag , or thrown into a basket one upon another , they soon become heated , are easily spoiled PACKING GAME . 93.
... hung up in a large basket for the purpose , carried by a pony , till perfectly dry and cool . When put into a game - bag , or thrown into a basket one upon another , they soon become heated , are easily spoiled PACKING GAME . 93.
Side 94
... soon become maggots , which would render the contents of the box a mass of corruption before it reached Lon- don . The person who packs game should have a small hammer , a brad - awl , and a quantity of brads of the right size , as from ...
... soon become maggots , which would render the contents of the box a mass of corruption before it reached Lon- don . The person who packs game should have a small hammer , a brad - awl , and a quantity of brads of the right size , as from ...
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