The Sportsman's Cyclopaedia: Comprising a Complete Elucidation of the Science and Practice of Hunting, Shooting, Coursing, Racing, Fishing, Hawking, Cockfighting, and Other Sports and Pastimes of Great Britain, Interspersed with Entertaining and Illustrative AnecdotesHenry G. Bohn, 1848 - 940 oldal |
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56. oldal
... birds , mice , or any other small animals . In England , bird - lime is generally made from holly bark , though we possess a number of plants from which it may also be obtained , such as mistletoe , the root of the hyacinth , of the ...
... birds , mice , or any other small animals . In England , bird - lime is generally made from holly bark , though we possess a number of plants from which it may also be obtained , such as mistletoe , the root of the hyacinth , of the ...
58. oldal
... bird of the crane or heron tribe , is rather smaller than the latter , being in length about two feet six inches ... bird was shot . Latham mentions having seen two middle - sized trouts , perfectly whole , taken from the stomach of a ...
... bird of the crane or heron tribe , is rather smaller than the latter , being in length about two feet six inches ... bird was shot . Latham mentions having seen two middle - sized trouts , perfectly whole , taken from the stomach of a ...
100. oldal
... birds of prey , it often discomfits its enemy by the sudden and violent dis- charge of water upon them . With regard to shooting bustards , when you can find them , Colonel Hawker ob- serves , that as these birds will occasion- ally ...
... birds of prey , it often discomfits its enemy by the sudden and violent dis- charge of water upon them . With regard to shooting bustards , when you can find them , Colonel Hawker ob- serves , that as these birds will occasion- ally ...
200. oldal
... birds become very difficult of ap- proach at a much earlier period ; and , after the middle of September , are suffi- ciently wild as to be approached only by stratagem . When snow has covered the mountains , grouse may be observed in ...
... birds become very difficult of ap- proach at a much earlier period ; and , after the middle of September , are suffi- ciently wild as to be approached only by stratagem . When snow has covered the mountains , grouse may be observed in ...
201. oldal
... birds , and many et cete- ras , are also to be included ; and the re- payment all depends upon the haunt of fowl ... birds are passed up the pipe , to which they are led by the trained birds , who know the whistle of the decoy man , or ...
... birds , and many et cete- ras , are also to be included ; and the re- payment all depends upon the haunt of fowl ... birds are passed up the pipe , to which they are led by the trained birds , who know the whistle of the decoy man , or ...
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Népszerű szakaszok
380. oldal - Nor scathe had he, nor harm nor dread, But, the same couch beneath, Lay a gaunt wolf, all torn and dead, Tremendous still in death. Ah, what was then Llewelyn's pain ! For now the truth was clear : His gallant hound the wolf had slain To save Llewelyn's heir.
425. oldal - Though duly from my hand he took His pittance every night, He did it with a jealous look, And, when he could, would bite. His diet was of wheaten bread, And milk, and oats, and straw ; Thistles, or lettuces instead, With sand to scour his maw. On twigs of hawthorn he regaled, On pippins...
196. oldal - When the weather will not permit of exercise in the dry, put on a soft bit with players, for two hours in the morning and two hours in the afternoon...
538. oldal - Who taught the nations of the field and wood To shun their poison, and to choose their food ? Prescient, the tides or tempests to withstand, Build on the wave, or arch beneath the sand?
499. oldal - In naming or entering for any race where there shall be any particular conditions required as a qualification to start, it shall be sufficient if the horse were qualified at the expiration of the time allowed for naming or entering, and he shall not be disqualified by anything which may happen after the expiration of that time, unless so specified in the article...
422. oldal - No creature could be more grateful than my patient after his recovery ; a sentiment which he most significantly expressed by licking my hand, first the back...
425. oldal - A Turkey carpet was his lawn, Whereon he loved to bound, To skip and gambol like a fawn, And swing his rump around. His frisking was at evening hours, For then he lost his fear, But most before approaching showers, Or when a storm drew near. Eight years and five round rolling moons He thus saw steal away, Dozing out all his idle noons, And every night at play. I kept him for his humour's sake, For he would oft beguile My heart of thoughts that made it ache, And force me to a smile.
310. oldal - First let the kennel be the huntsman's care, Upon some little eminence erect, And fronting to the ruddy dawn ; its courts On either hand wide opening to receive The Sun's all-cheering beams, when mild he shines, And gilds the mountain tops.
495. oldal - Calendar by a name and his pedigree, it will be sufficient afterwards to mention him by his name only, even though he has never started. If the dam was covered by more than one stallion, the names of all of them must be mentioned.
423. oldal - Bess had a courage and confidence that made him tame from the beginning. I always admitted them into the parlour after supper, when, the carpet affording their feet a firm hold, they would frisk, and bound, and play a thousand gambols, in which Bess, being remarkably strong and fearless, was always superior to the rest, and proved himself the Vestris of the party.