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The Shooter's Guide, Or, Sportsman's Companion; Containing Every Possible Instruction for the Juvenile Shooter, Together with Information Necessary Fo - Softcover
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1811 Excerpt: ... TECHNICAL TERMS. A BRACE of pointers or setters. A leash of pointers or setters. A couple of spaniels. A couple and a half of spaniels. A brace of hares. A leash of hares. To start or move a hare. A brace of grous. A leash of grous. A pack of grous. To raise grous. A brace of black game. A leash of black game, A pack of black game. To raise a black cock or pack. A brace and a half of partridges or birds. A brace of partridges or birds. A covey of partridges. To raise or spring partridges. A brace of quail., A brace and a half of quail. A bevey of quails. To raise quails. A brace of pheasants. A leash of pheasants. A ni (or nid) of pheasants. To push a pheasant. A couple of woodcocks. A couple and a half of woodcocks. A flight of woodcocks. To flush a woodcock. A couple of snipe. A couple and a half of snipes. A wisp of snipe. To spring a snipe. A flock or team of wild duckr A gaggle of geese. A wing of plover. A trip of dottrel. APPENDIX. WHELPS fed on Carrion, 8$c.--Being in conversation with a friend, an enlightened sportsman, during the time that the latter part of this volume was printing; he observed, he knew it was the opinion of most or all writers, that whelps fed on high provisions, such as carrion, &c. were generally worse afflicted with the distemper than those sustained on simple, light food; but, that he was inclined to doubt it; moreover, he remarked, he was confident that feeding on carrion did not injure a dog's sense of smelling, though this was equally maintained. With respect to the last observation, I must confess myself of the same opinion; and under the article Breeding And Rearing Of Dogs, I have expressed my ideas accordingly:--as a further confirmation, we have only to reflect on the state of the wild dog. In those parts of the wor...
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