The Diary of Colonel Peter Hawker, 1802-1853, 1. kötetLongmans, Green, and Company, 1893 |
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... jack snipe , I rabbit , and 2 hares . The hares ran out of a hedge together . I killed them right and left ... snipe , killed up to April 1st , 1806 ( at Hounslow ) : 8 brace of rabbits , 23 couple of snipes , I couple of teal . A wild ...
... jack snipe , I rabbit , and 2 hares . The hares ran out of a hedge together . I killed them right and left ... snipe , killed up to April 1st , 1806 ( at Hounslow ) : 8 brace of rabbits , 23 couple of snipes , I couple of teal . A wild ...
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... snipes and 1 jack snipe . I was ex- tremely ill and nervous , and shot infamously bad , or I should have killed ten couple . 3rd . - 2 snipes , besides 2 which I fired at with Captain Haffendon ( who also killed a couple ) . N.B. We ...
... snipes and 1 jack snipe . I was ex- tremely ill and nervous , and shot infamously bad , or I should have killed ten couple . 3rd . - 2 snipes , besides 2 which I fired at with Captain Haffendon ( who also killed a couple ) . N.B. We ...
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... snipes . Total , 95 head of game . October 7th . - 3 partridges , 3 snipes , I pheasant , and I jay . I sprung a single snipe ... jack snipes , which were all that could be got , as the immense swarms seen the preceding days were driven away ...
... snipes . Total , 95 head of game . October 7th . - 3 partridges , 3 snipes , I pheasant , and I jay . I sprung a single snipe ... jack snipes , which were all that could be got , as the immense swarms seen the preceding days were driven away ...
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... jack snipe , and I snipe , which ( with another wild snipe and a flock of golden plover ) were all I saw except grouse . On my return to the inn , I met a Mr. George Edwards ( of Barnard Castle , Durham ) , who , on my complaining at ...
... jack snipe , and I snipe , which ( with another wild snipe and a flock of golden plover ) were all I saw except grouse . On my return to the inn , I met a Mr. George Edwards ( of Barnard Castle , Durham ) , who , on my complaining at ...
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... jack snipe , which , with another snipe I lost , were all I fired at . I went out merely to see whether or not I could beat this whole host of shooters , and , as far as I could learn , fully succeeded . On my return , about one in the ...
... jack snipe , which , with another snipe I lost , were all I fired at . I went out merely to see whether or not I could beat this whole host of shooters , and , as far as I could learn , fully succeeded . On my return , about one in the ...
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ANDREW LANG arrived bagged barrel beat birds blew boat brace breakfast brent geese brent goose Captain chance coach coast cock Colonel coots Crown 8vo curlews daylight dead dinner dogs double gun double shots drove Edition England English fieldfares fired fishing France French frost gale of wind getting going grand grey plover gunners half half-past harbour hares Hawker heard horses Illustrations incessant jack snipe Joseph Manton Keyhaven killed landrail London long shot Longparish Longparish House Lord Lymington mallards miles missed morning nearly Newman's Cardinal night o'clock obliged Paris partridges Peter Hawker pheasants punt quarter rabbits rain road sail scarcely season seen September shooters shooting Southhaven sport stanchion gun swivel gun teal tide to-day took town trout tufted ducks vols weather whole day wigeon wild duck wild fowl woodcock yards
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