Rural Sports, Volume 2Bunny & Gold, 1802 |
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Page 112
... Partridges are want- ing . " However it might be in the time of this His- torian , Partridges are now too common in France to have that consequence attached to them , and their former high station at the festive board is supplied by ...
... Partridges are want- ing . " However it might be in the time of this His- torian , Partridges are now too common in France to have that consequence attached to them , and their former high station at the festive board is supplied by ...
Page 120
... Partridge , bred under a Hen , retains through life the habit of calling when it hears the clucking of Hens . The first food for the young Partridges should be the eggs of the small ant ; afterwards fresh curds mixed with lettuce ...
... Partridge , bred under a Hen , retains through life the habit of calling when it hears the clucking of Hens . The first food for the young Partridges should be the eggs of the small ant ; afterwards fresh curds mixed with lettuce ...
Page 131
... Partridges , ever lay so well . Tunnelling Partridges is a most destructive method ; it cannot be so well practised in an inclosed country , from the hedges darkening the Moon's light , when the Partridges will drive no farther , but ...
... Partridges , ever lay so well . Tunnelling Partridges is a most destructive method ; it cannot be so well practised in an inclosed country , from the hedges darkening the Moon's light , when the Partridges will drive no farther , but ...
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