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Verlag: The Richmond Publishing Co. Richmond, Surrey. 1971., 1971
ISBN 10: 0855461535ISBN 13: 9780855461539
Anbieter: Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd, MACHYNLLETH, Vereinigtes Königreich
Verbandsmitglied: PBFA
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(Hardcover, 1971). (1814) 1971 facsimile reprint. 8vo (140 x 218mm). Pp226. Not illustrated. Blue cloth, spine titled in gilt. Slight stains to boards else internally clean. Smells slightly musty but good-plus, lacks dust-wrapper. ".Above Thirty Years' Practice in Horses and Dogs; how to feed and take care of them, and also to cure them of all common Disorders. Effectually to allure and catch all Vermin. THE RAT-CATCHING SECRET; TO CATCH EVERY RAT ON THE PREMISES ALIVE, WITHOUT USING POISON. To breed and feed Pheasants, and cure their disorders. On Fowling-Pieces, Rifle-Guns, and Muskets: On boring Barrels, and the construction of Breech-Pins: Remarks on Rifle Shooting, recommended to the attention of all Riflemen, and particularly to Officers who have seen active Service in a Rifle Corps. - On the Race of Pointers and Setters. - How to keep all Arms loaded for two or three years, so as to fire more sure, than if fresh loaded. - Method of preventing partridges being taken at night by Drag-nets, when the Gamekeepers are asleep: To prevent Pheasants being destroyed by Night-shooters or Poachers by day: To catch whole flocks of Wood-pigeons in hard weather, and all Water-fowl in any weather: To approach a Red Deer, in the Highlands of Scotland, within thirty or fourty yards. - Of Running Horses - training, and breeding young Colts. - Cure for Bullocks and Cows swelled from eating Clover. - Cure for Scurvy. - To Shoot Wild-fowl, Pewits, Golden Plover, Wild Geese, and Bustards, by night. - Remarks on the Rifle-Bench which Gunmakers use; their secrecy and folly in that respect truly laughable. - To save the life of a Dog, when it has taken Poison. - With several valuable Family Receipts. TO WHICH IS ADDED A Plan for training and disciplining a Corps, such as has never appeared." .
Verlag: The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd (Richmond, Surrey, 1971), 1971
Anbieter: Books On Dean, Albury, NSW, Australien
or notes on the haunts and habits of wildfowl and seafowl including instructions in the art of shooting and capturing them. 9" x 5.5", blue cloth hardcover, with dw, both in fine condition, light stain to leading edge, pp. [i - v] vi - xiii, 1 - 503 incl. index, numerous illustrations. A 1971 reprint of the 1882 first edition.