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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... half an ounce of manna may be used in its ftead . In SHEEP , the method is to open the tu- mour , in what part ... half an ounce of caftoreum , adraces two ounces , of bdellium half an ounce and half a quarter , opopannax an ounce , fox ...
... half an ounce of manna may be used in its ftead . In SHEEP , the method is to open the tu- mour , in what part ... half an ounce of caftoreum , adraces two ounces , of bdellium half an ounce and half a quarter , opopannax an ounce , fox ...
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... half , pitch fix ounces , turpentine four ounces ; every one of them that will diffolve , melt feparately by themselves , then mingle them together with the rest of the ingredients , first beating to fine powder ; after they have boiled ...
... half , pitch fix ounces , turpentine four ounces ; every one of them that will diffolve , melt feparately by themselves , then mingle them together with the rest of the ingredients , first beating to fine powder ; after they have boiled ...
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... half old , or at moft but three . 2. At three and a half , and fometimes at four years , he casts the next four foal - teeth , viz . two above , and two below ; and in their room come four teeth called feparaters . There remain then but ...
... half old , or at moft but three . 2. At three and a half , and fometimes at four years , he casts the next four foal - teeth , viz . two above , and two below ; and in their room come four teeth called feparaters . There remain then but ...
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... half old , and generally appear before the corner teeth are caft . So foon as the gatherers and feparaters have pierced and cut the gums , they make all their growth in fifteen days , but the corner teeth do not grow fo fuddenly yet ...
... half old , and generally appear before the corner teeth are caft . So foon as the gatherers and feparaters have pierced and cut the gums , they make all their growth in fifteen days , but the corner teeth do not grow fo fuddenly yet ...
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... half an inch at least . Then , with a pair of compaffes , take the distance from A to B , and fet it in the middle of a finall piece of parchment ; and likewife fet on the fame distance to the right and left , and at each extremity cut ...
... half an inch at least . Then , with a pair of compaffes , take the distance from A to B , and fet it in the middle of a finall piece of parchment ; and likewife fet on the fame distance to the right and left , and at each extremity cut ...
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