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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... lefs danger in the ufe of the tramel , find the motion without ftumbling or amaze- ment , but if you find he will by no means either apprehend the motions or intentions , then fruggle not with the animal , but fall to the ufe of the ...
... lefs danger in the ufe of the tramel , find the motion without ftumbling or amaze- ment , but if you find he will by no means either apprehend the motions or intentions , then fruggle not with the animal , but fall to the ufe of the ...
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... lefs fpungy . Be provided with marking - filk of all colours , fine but very strong , flaw filk , gold and filver flatted wire or twift , a fharp knife , hooks of all fizes , hog's briftles for loops to your flies , fhoemaker's wax , a ...
... lefs fpungy . Be provided with marking - filk of all colours , fine but very strong , flaw filk , gold and filver flatted wire or twift , a fharp knife , hooks of all fizes , hog's briftles for loops to your flies , fhoemaker's wax , a ...
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... lefs than equilateral . At the top of the fhank is a loop left in the bending the wire , to make the hook double , through which is put a strong twifted brass wire of about fix inches long ; and to this is looped another fuch link , but ...
... lefs than equilateral . At the top of the fhank is a loop left in the bending the wire , to make the hook double , through which is put a strong twifted brass wire of about fix inches long ; and to this is looped another fuch link , but ...
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... lefs , over that of the other , and through the loop , which you would make to tie them in the common way , pafs the long and the short end of the hairs , which will lie to the right of the loop , twice , and wetting the knot with your ...
... lefs , over that of the other , and through the loop , which you would make to tie them in the common way , pafs the long and the short end of the hairs , which will lie to the right of the loop , twice , and wetting the knot with your ...
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... you are like to have more trouble , and perhaps lefs fuccefs . And both these ways of angling at the bottom , are most proper for a dark and muddy water , by rea- fon fon that in fuch a condition of the ftream , ANG ANG.
... you are like to have more trouble , and perhaps lefs fuccefs . And both these ways of angling at the bottom , are most proper for a dark and muddy water , by rea- fon fon that in fuch a condition of the ftream , ANG ANG.
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