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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... hounds which are too buly after they have found a good fcent .. BACK . To back a horfe , or mount a horfe , ados , is to mount him bare - backed or without a faddle . A weak - backed horfe is apt to ftumble : fuch a horse defends ...
... hounds which are too buly after they have found a good fcent .. BACK . To back a horfe , or mount a horfe , ados , is to mount him bare - backed or without a faddle . A weak - backed horfe is apt to ftumble : fuch a horse defends ...
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... hounds , beating about all the woods , coppices , hedges and tufts , round about , for the compafs of a mile or two , and what badgers are abroad , being alarmed by the hounds , will foon betake themselves to their burrows ; and obferve ...
... hounds , beating about all the woods , coppices , hedges and tufts , round about , for the compafs of a mile or two , and what badgers are abroad , being alarmed by the hounds , will foon betake themselves to their burrows ; and obferve ...
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... hounds . BAY COLOUR . A bay horfe is what we commonly call red , inclining to chefnut . This colour varies feveral ... hound , and fomething thicker and fhorter . The fleet northern , or cat beadle , which is finaller , and of a finer ...
... hounds . BAY COLOUR . A bay horfe is what we commonly call red , inclining to chefnut . This colour varies feveral ... hound , and fomething thicker and fhorter . The fleet northern , or cat beadle , which is finaller , and of a finer ...
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... hounds ftick in , they will fight valiantly in their own defence ; fometimes they will stand up straight on the hinder feet , which you may take as a fign of fear and cow- ardice , for they fight ftouteft and strongest on all four ...
... hounds ftick in , they will fight valiantly in their own defence ; fometimes they will stand up straight on the hinder feet , which you may take as a fign of fear and cow- ardice , for they fight ftouteft and strongest on all four ...
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... hound ; and yet he who is without one , may trail after a bear as we do after a buck or roe , and you may lodge and hunt them as you do a buck . For the more speedy execution , mingle mastiffs among the hounds ; for they will pinch the ...
... hound ; and yet he who is without one , may trail after a bear as we do after a buck or roe , and you may lodge and hunt them as you do a buck . For the more speedy execution , mingle mastiffs among the hounds ; for they will pinch the ...
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