The Sportsman's Dictionary: Or The Gentleman's Companion: for Town and Country. Containing Full and Particular Instructions for Riding, Hunting ..., &c., with the Various Methods to be Observed in Breeding and Dieting of Horses Both for Road and Turf: Also, the Management of Dogs, Game-cocks ..., & C. and the Manner of Curing Their Various Diseases and Accidents ...G.G. and J. Robinson, 1800 - 544 pages |
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... alfo take notice , that at four years and a half , when the corner teeth appear , and are filled on 15. In young horfes , that part of the nether - jaw the infide with flesh , the outside of them will then be bone which is three or four ...
... alfo take notice , that at four years and a half , when the corner teeth appear , and are filled on 15. In young horfes , that part of the nether - jaw the infide with flesh , the outside of them will then be bone which is three or four ...
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... alfo terminated by another button , and fo on , for thefe horns continue growing as long as the animal lives . Thefe buttons become annular joints , which are eafily diftinguished in the horn , and by To prevent being cheated , obferve ...
... alfo terminated by another button , and fo on , for thefe horns continue growing as long as the animal lives . Thefe buttons become annular joints , which are eafily diftinguished in the horn , and by To prevent being cheated , obferve ...
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... alfo always with him , with bear's hair , or the hair of a brown or fad - coloured heifer , hackles of a cock or ca- pon , feveral coloured filks , and crewel to make the body of the fly , the feathers of a drake's head , black or brown ...
... alfo always with him , with bear's hair , or the hair of a brown or fad - coloured heifer , hackles of a cock or ca- pon , feveral coloured filks , and crewel to make the body of the fly , the feathers of a drake's head , black or brown ...
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... alfo that you must always keep your woim in motion , by drawing ftill back to- wards you , as if you were angling with a fly . And indeed whoever fhall try this way , will find it the best of all others , to angle with a worm in a ...
... alfo that you must always keep your woim in motion , by drawing ftill back to- wards you , as if you were angling with a fly . And indeed whoever fhall try this way , will find it the best of all others , to angle with a worm in a ...
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... Alfo bean - flour , with a little honey , wetted with rectified fpirits of wine and a little oil of turpentine , made up in fmall pellets , and thrown in over night , will make the fish very eager , and keep them at the place , where ...
... Alfo bean - flour , with a little honey , wetted with rectified fpirits of wine and a little oil of turpentine , made up in fmall pellets , and thrown in over night , will make the fish very eager , and keep them at the place , where ...
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Page 66 - For two large ponds, of three or four acres apiece, it is advisable to have four stews, each two rods wide and three long. The stews are usually in gardens, or near the house, to be more handy and better looked to. The method of making them, is to carry the bottom in a continual decline from one end, with a mouth to favor the drawing them with a net.