The Sportsman's Dictionary; Or, The Gentleman's Companion: for Town and Country: Containing Full and Particular Instructions for Riding, Hunting, Fowling ... Hawking, &c. With the Various Methods to be Observed in Breeding and Dieting of Horses Both for the Road and Turf; Also, the Management of Dogs, Gamecocks, Dunghill-fowls, Turkies, Geese, Ducks, Pigeons, Singing-birds, &c. And the Manner of Curing Their Various Diseases and AccidentsG.G.J. and J. Robinson, 1785 - 548 pages |
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... foon after appear the four separaters , next to the pincers ; it is fome- times three or four months before the next , called corner teeth , push forth . These twelve colt's teeth in the front of the mouth , continue , without ...
... foon after appear the four separaters , next to the pincers ; it is fome- times three or four months before the next , called corner teeth , push forth . These twelve colt's teeth in the front of the mouth , continue , without ...
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... foon after , four of them do fall , viz . two above and two below , in the very middle ; though in fome horfes , they do not fall till three years in their ftead four others appear , called nippers or gatherers , much stronger and ...
... foon after , four of them do fall , viz . two above and two below , in the very middle ; though in fome horfes , they do not fall till three years in their ftead four others appear , called nippers or gatherers , much stronger and ...
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... foon becomes very heavy however , get of this as many different fhades as you can , and have feal's fur and hog - wool , dyed to match them ; which , by reafon they are more turged , ftiff and light , and fo float better , are in moft ...
... foon becomes very heavy however , get of this as many different fhades as you can , and have feal's fur and hog - wool , dyed to match them ; which , by reafon they are more turged , ftiff and light , and fo float better , are in moft ...
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... foon as he has taken it . The rod for trolling fhould be about three yards and a half long , with a ring at the top for the line to run through ; you may fit a trolling - top to your fly rod , which need only be ftronger than the common ...
... foon as he has taken it . The rod for trolling fhould be about three yards and a half long , with a ring at the top for the line to run through ; you may fit a trolling - top to your fly rod , which need only be ftronger than the common ...
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... foon difengage the hook . It is good angling in whirlpools , under bridges , at the falls of mills , and in any place where the water is deep and clear , and not disturbed with wind , or weather . The best times are from April to Olober ...
... foon difengage the hook . It is good angling in whirlpools , under bridges , at the falls of mills , and in any place where the water is deep and clear , and not disturbed with wind , or weather . The best times are from April to Olober ...
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