The Rod and the Gun: Being Two Treatises on Angling and ShootingA. and C. Black, 1840 - 439 sider |
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... covey or brood rises , the shooter should fix his eye on one bird , and shoot at that bird only . He should not be diverted from it by other birds rising nearer to him while he is bringing up his gun , unless the bird he first set his ...
... covey or brood rises , the shooter should fix his eye on one bird , and shoot at that bird only . He should not be diverted from it by other birds rising nearer to him while he is bringing up his gun , unless the bird he first set his ...
Side 381
... covey sits huddled together for several hours . About four or five o'clock , they return to the stubbles to feed , and about six or seven they go to their jucking - place , a place of rest for the night , which is mostly in aftermath ...
... covey sits huddled together for several hours . About four or five o'clock , they return to the stubbles to feed , and about six or seven they go to their jucking - place , a place of rest for the night , which is mostly in aftermath ...
Side 382
... covey separates , the shooter will gene- rally be able to kill many birds , but late in the season it is seldom that the covey can be broken . In November and December the shooter must not expect to have his birds pointed , but must ...
... covey separates , the shooter will gene- rally be able to kill many birds , but late in the season it is seldom that the covey can be broken . In November and December the shooter must not expect to have his birds pointed , but must ...
Side 383
... covey will re - assemble , de- pends too on the time of the day , and state of the weather . In hot weather , they will lie still for several hours . A covey dispersed early in the morning , or late at night , will soon re - assemble . A ...
... covey will re - assemble , de- pends too on the time of the day , and state of the weather . In hot weather , they will lie still for several hours . A covey dispersed early in the morning , or late at night , will soon re - assemble . A ...
Side 384
... covey is dispersed on a dry hot day , it is necessary to search much longer , and beat closer , for the dis- persed birds , than when the day is cool and the ground moist . A dog should be only slightly rated for running up a bird on a ...
... covey is dispersed on a dry hot day , it is necessary to search much longer , and beat closer , for the dis- persed birds , than when the day is cool and the ground moist . A dog should be only slightly rated for running up a bird on a ...
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Side 258 - From the lone shieling of the misty island Mountains divide us, and the waste of seas — Yet still the blood is strong, the heart is Highland, And we in dreams behold the Hebrides : Fair these broad meads, &c.
Side 154 - A TROUBLE, not of clouds, or weeping rain, Nor of the setting sun's pathetic light Engendered, hangs o'er Eildon's triple height : Spirits of Power, assembled there, complain For kindred Power departing from their sight ; While Tweed, best pleased in chanting a blithe strain, Saddens his voice again, and yet again.
Side 5 - For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time when thou mayest be found: surely in the floods of great waters they shall not come nigh unto him.
Side 276 - TC The British Angler's Manual; or, The Art of Angling in England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland. With some Account of the Principal Rivers, Lakes and Trout Streams in the United Kingdom, with Instructions in Fly-Fishing, Trolling and Angling at the Bottom, and more Particularly for the Trout.
Side 299 - See ! from the brake the whirring pheasant springs, And mounts exulting on triumphant wings : Short is his joy ; he feels the fiery wound, Flutters in blood, and panting beats the ground. Ah ! what avail his glossy, varying dyes, His purple crest, and scarlet-circled eyes, The vivid green his shining plumes unfold, His painted wings, and breast that flames with gold...
Side 279 - To disappointment, and fallacious hope : Rich in content, in Nature's bounty rich, In herbs and fruits; whatever greens the Spring, When heaven descends in showers; or bends the bough, When Summer reddens, and when Autumn beams; Or in the wintry glebe whatever lies Conceal'd, and fattens with the richest sap...
Side 296 - In a legal sense, a forest is a certain territory of woody grounds and fruitful pastures, privileged for wild beasts and fowls of forest, chase, and warren, to rest and abide there in the safe protection of the king, for his delight and pleasure...
Side 316 - With fifteen hundred bowmen bold, All chosen men of might, Who knew full well in time of need To aim their shafts aright.
Side 290 - Hawks use that most, and it yields us most recreation ; it stops not the high soaring of my noble generous Falcon ; in it she ascends to such an height, as the dull eyes of beasts and fish are not able to reach to...
Side 276 - Northern Memoirs, calculated for the Meridian of Scotland. Wherein most or all of the cities, citadels, sea-ports, castles, forts, fortresses, rivers, and rivulets, are compendiously described.