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Side 58
... be directed too much in advance , especially if the flight of the bird be rapid . In the case of birds coming immediately towards the sportsman , his best chance is at thirty - five yards for the first 58 SHOOTING , FISHING , ETC.
... be directed too much in advance , especially if the flight of the bird be rapid . In the case of birds coming immediately towards the sportsman , his best chance is at thirty - five yards for the first 58 SHOOTING , FISHING , ETC.
Side 59
... flight is so rapid as that of an old cock pheasant when well on wing . Partridges are perhaps more rapid in their flight when driven and coming over your head in this way than either grouse or black game . The snipe is a very easy bird ...
... flight is so rapid as that of an old cock pheasant when well on wing . Partridges are perhaps more rapid in their flight when driven and coming over your head in this way than either grouse or black game . The snipe is a very easy bird ...
Side 60
Christopher Idle (pseud.) condition his flight is regular . The woodcock is a much more difficult bird , owing to the extreme irregularity of his flight , sometimes as rapid as a hawk , at other times as slow and heavy as an owl . The ...
Christopher Idle (pseud.) condition his flight is regular . The woodcock is a much more difficult bird , owing to the extreme irregularity of his flight , sometimes as rapid as a hawk , at other times as slow and heavy as an owl . The ...
Side 61
... flight straight forward , when he reaches any object he can dodge behind . SUGGESTIONS ON THE SHOOTING DRESS . DRESS , generally speaking , is so much a matter of caprice , and occasionally involves so much amour propre , that it would ...
... flight straight forward , when he reaches any object he can dodge behind . SUGGESTIONS ON THE SHOOTING DRESS . DRESS , generally speaking , is so much a matter of caprice , and occasionally involves so much amour propre , that it would ...
Side 73
... flights , and do not return , like par- tridges , the same evening , to the ground where they were bred , so that , if driven into an enemy's , country , a serious loss may be the consequence . If the wind comes from the north , it is ...
... flights , and do not return , like par- tridges , the same evening , to the ground where they were bred , so that , if driven into an enemy's , country , a serious loss may be the consequence . If the wind comes from the north , it is ...
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