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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... cold , taken upon hard and violent exercife or la- bour ; for which there are feveral remedies . ACOPUM , a ... colds , & c . in the finews and mufcles , draws forth all noifome humours , and being put up the noftrils of a horfe , by ...
... cold , taken upon hard and violent exercife or la- bour ; for which there are feveral remedies . ACOPUM , a ... colds , & c . in the finews and mufcles , draws forth all noifome humours , and being put up the noftrils of a horfe , by ...
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... cold , and being out early and late do fo , is AIR , is a cadence and liberty of motion , accommo- evidently feen by horfes that run broad all winter , dated to the natural difpofition of the horfe , which which however hardly bred and ...
... cold , and being out early and late do fo , is AIR , is a cadence and liberty of motion , accommo- evidently feen by horfes that run broad all winter , dated to the natural difpofition of the horfe , which which however hardly bred and ...
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... cold weather , for then the fish lie low . You may easily hear the fifh rife , and therefore give him time to ... cold , and giving him cold water to drink when he is hot , full feeding , and whatever elfe may cause a fudden ftagnation ...
... cold weather , for then the fish lie low . You may easily hear the fifh rife , and therefore give him time to ... cold , and giving him cold water to drink when he is hot , full feeding , and whatever elfe may cause a fudden ftagnation ...
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... cold , and there- fore in the winter time they hide themselves , chufing rather to fuffer famine than cold , lying for three or four months together , and never fee the light ; whereby , in a manner , their guts are clung together ; and ...
... cold , and there- fore in the winter time they hide themselves , chufing rather to fuffer famine than cold , lying for three or four months together , and never fee the light ; whereby , in a manner , their guts are clung together ; and ...
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... cold and winds which incommode them . The net made ufe of for this purpose , is that which the French call a carrelet , reprefented in Plate II . Fig . 5 . Take two poles , ABCD , EFGH , let them be ftraight , and light , ten or twelve ...
... cold and winds which incommode them . The net made ufe of for this purpose , is that which the French call a carrelet , reprefented in Plate II . Fig . 5 . Take two poles , ABCD , EFGH , let them be ftraight , and light , ten or twelve ...
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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.