Rural Sports, Volume 2Bunny & Gold, 1802 |
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Page 129
... killed singly the day before , on the same spot , he killed twenty - two brace and a half in three hours . In 1799 , when the above Gentleman made his annual visit to Castle - acre , the party only killed 409 head of Game , which was ...
... killed singly the day before , on the same spot , he killed twenty - two brace and a half in three hours . In 1799 , when the above Gentleman made his annual visit to Castle - acre , the party only killed 409 head of Game , which was ...
Page 311
... killed , two pinioned , three wounded , two missed ; seven . Hon . W. Coventry , one killed , two pinioned , three wounded , six missed ; three . Total , Ten birds . At one of the best attended and oldest established Pigeon Clubs , the ...
... killed , two pinioned , three wounded , two missed ; seven . Hon . W. Coventry , one killed , two pinioned , three wounded , six missed ; three . Total , Ten birds . At one of the best attended and oldest established Pigeon Clubs , the ...
Page 312
... killed , when the shots are made fairly , and as they promiscuously arise . In FRANCE , the Game formerly was so numerous , that , according to Mr. YOUNG , " there was in the open fields about Montgeron , upon an average , a Covey of ...
... killed , when the shots are made fairly , and as they promiscuously arise . In FRANCE , the Game formerly was so numerous , that , according to Mr. YOUNG , " there was in the open fields about Montgeron , upon an average , a Covey of ...
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