Instructions to Young Sportsmen in All that Relates to Guns and ShootingLongman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1826 - 456 Seiten |
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Seite 174 - Fly fishing may be a very pleasant amusement ; but angling or float fishing, I can only compare to a stick and a string, with a worm at one end, and a, fool at the other.
Seite 196 - When one looks down upon the sea from the precipice, its whole surface seems covered with infinite numbers of birds of different kinds, swimming and pursuing their prey. If, in sailing round the island, one surveys its hanging cliffs, in every crag, or fissure of the broken rocks, may be seen innumerable birds, of various sorts and sizes, more than the stars of heaven, when viewed in a serene night. If they are viewed at a distance, either receding, or in their approach to the island, they seem like...
Seite 213 - And it came to pass, whensoever the stronger cattle did conceive, that Jacob laid the rods before the eyes of the cattle in the gutters, that they might conceive among the rods.
Seite 302 - Russia-duck, (which, as well as swan-skin, should be previously wetted and dried, to prevent shrinking,) a loose over-all frock coat, and a hood, or cap, with a flap behind, similar to a coal-heaver's hat, and dress them as follows : — " ' Take three quarts of linseed oil, and boil them till reduced to two quarts and a half, the doing which will require about three hours, and when the oil is sufficiently boiled, it will burn a feather. (The addition of some Indianrubber was suggested to me, but...
Seite 171 - Then with your right hand pull the minnow out as straight as it will lie, and press it into natural form with the finger and thumb. Afterwards nip off the upper half of the tail fin, in order to prevent a counteraction to the spinning of the minnow. " Having done this, draw down your plummet, or cap, again, and see that your branch line falls smoothly by the side of your bait line, and if not, rub it with Indian rubber till it does.
Seite 240 - Young birds may be distinguished by the softness of their quills, which in older ones will be hard and white. The females are, in general, preferable to the males: they are more juicy, and seldom so tough. For example, a hen pheasant* or a duck is to be preferred to a cock pheasant or a mallard.
Seite 249 - The real Newfoundland dog may be broken in to any kind of shooting; and, without additional instruction, is generally under such command, that he may be safely kept in, if required to be taken out with pointers. For finding wounded game, of every description, there is not his equal in the canine race; and he is a sine qud non in the general pursuit of wildfowl.
Seite 234 - Of all the prizes that a wildfowl shooter could wish to meet with, a flock of teal is the very first. Independently of their being by far the best birds of the whole anas tribe, they are so much easier of access, and require such a slight blow, that no matter whether you are prepared for wild fowl, partridges, or TENCH, i.
Seite 169 - In introducing this spinning tackle, the celebrated Colonel observes, " Trolling or spinning a minnow is a most general mode of trout fishing ; or, I might almost say, trout poaching. It is, however, very rarely done in a proper manner, though every man, as a matter of course, upholds his own system. I, like all the rest, did the same, till, after fancying for years that I could challenge any one, I was beaten and laughed at by a troutkilling divine.
Seite 252 - RECIPE. Opium - - - - 3 grains. Emetic tartar (an invaluable medicine) - 5 grains. To be given at night. Repeat the dose, every third night, till the dog is recovered ; taking care to keep him in a warm place, and always fed with a warm liquid diet, such as broth, gruel, &c. If the nostrils should discharge, have them washed, or syringed, twice a day, with a lotion of alum, or sugar of lead ; putting about half an ounce of either to a pint of water. The following is a recipe, which no bribe could...