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Side 46
Christopher Idle (pseud.) a number of experiments by firing over the surface of water on a perfectly calm day - a target is not sufficiently wide for the purpose , and is at the same time no certain test as to distance , whereas on ...
Christopher Idle (pseud.) a number of experiments by firing over the surface of water on a perfectly calm day - a target is not sufficiently wide for the purpose , and is at the same time no certain test as to distance , whereas on ...
Side 55
... surface , the line of sight can never be parallel with the axis of the barrels , and must intersect the line of trajection at the muzzle ; so that if the experiment could be made of extending the lines of sight and trajection to the ...
... surface , the line of sight can never be parallel with the axis of the barrels , and must intersect the line of trajection at the muzzle ; so that if the experiment could be made of extending the lines of sight and trajection to the ...
Side 98
... surface . But I prefer the legitimate and more sportsmanlike mode of killing them , which may always be pursued on a fine day with success with a good dog , if there be cover of any description , capable of affording them temporary ...
... surface . But I prefer the legitimate and more sportsmanlike mode of killing them , which may always be pursued on a fine day with success with a good dog , if there be cover of any description , capable of affording them temporary ...
Side 103
... surface of a high mountain is as deceptive as that of a large sea - water - loch , when you look at it from the shore , and try it after- wards with a pair of oars . We , however , accom- plished our task by reaching the summit , and ...
... surface of a high mountain is as deceptive as that of a large sea - water - loch , when you look at it from the shore , and try it after- wards with a pair of oars . We , however , accom- plished our task by reaching the summit , and ...
Side 168
... surface of the water is just in that condition which the punter would wish it to be in . This loch commends itself also to the notice of the sports- man on the score of convenience , as there is an excellent inn at Ardrissaigh ...
... surface of the water is just in that condition which the punter would wish it to be in . This loch commends itself also to the notice of the sports- man on the score of convenience , as there is an excellent inn at Ardrissaigh ...
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