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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... beaft to pass along , they will quit the fides , and with- draw to the middle again . Geefe , ducks , and teals quit the water in the even- ing , and pass the night in the fields , but in the morn- ing return to the water : however you ...
... beaft to pass along , they will quit the fides , and with- draw to the middle again . Geefe , ducks , and teals quit the water in the even- ing , and pass the night in the fields , but in the morn- ing return to the water : however you ...
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... beafts , and very ftrong in all parts of their body but their head , where a fmall blow will kill them . They go to ... beaft , except a boar . They may be hunted with hounds , maftiffs , or grey- hounds ; and they are chafed and killed ...
... beafts , and very ftrong in all parts of their body but their head , where a fmall blow will kill them . They go to ... beaft , except a boar . They may be hunted with hounds , maftiffs , or grey- hounds ; and they are chafed and killed ...
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... beafts , being a bladder growing on the root of the tongue , against the windpipe , which fwells to fuch a pitch as to ftop ... beaft , take forth his tongue , and then flitting the bladder , wash it gently with vinegar and a little falt ...
... beafts , being a bladder growing on the root of the tongue , against the windpipe , which fwells to fuch a pitch as to ftop ... beaft , take forth his tongue , and then flitting the bladder , wash it gently with vinegar and a little falt ...
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... beaft . Some are of that nature , that when they have found the game , they will fland ftill till the huntfman comes up ; to whom , in filence , by their face , eye , and tail , they fhew the game : others , when they have found the ...
... beaft . Some are of that nature , that when they have found the game , they will fland ftill till the huntfman comes up ; to whom , in filence , by their face , eye , and tail , they fhew the game : others , when they have found the ...
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... beaft is wounded and lives , and efcapes the hands of the huntfman , or if it be killed , and carried quite out of the park , ( if there do but remain fome marks of blood fhed ) thefe dogs , with no less facility and easiness than ...
... beaft is wounded and lives , and efcapes the hands of the huntfman , or if it be killed , and carried quite out of the park , ( if there do but remain fome marks of blood fhed ) thefe dogs , with no less facility and easiness than ...
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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.