The Complete Manual for Young Sportsmen: With Directions for Handling the Gun, the Rifle, and the Rod; the Art of Shooting on the Wing; the Breaking, Management, and Hunting of the Dog; the Varieties and Habits of Game; River, Lake, and Sea Fishing, Etc |
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Page 223 - My hounds are bred out of the Spartan kind, So flewed, so sanded, and their heads are hung With ears that sweep away the morning dew ; Crook-kneed, and dewlapped like Thessalian bulls ; Slow in pursuit, but matched in mouth like bells, Each under each. A cry more tuneable Was never holla'd to, nor cheered with horn, In Crete, in Sparta, nor in Thessaly.
Page 223 - He has much to undergo, and should have strength proportioned to it. Let his legs be straight as arrows, his feet round and not too large ; his shoulders back ; his breast rather wide than narrow ; his chest deep ; his back broad ; his head small ; his neck thin; his tail thick and bushy ; if he carry it well, so much the better.
Page 364 - Frank Forester's Fish and Fishing of the United States and British Provinces of North America...
Page 479 - London, Kirby-sneck, and Limerick hooks, of all sizes. Of these the Limerick hook is in the greatest general estimation ; but in the north of England, the Kirby-sneck hook is preferred for small hackle flies. Feathers of the grouse, snipe, bittern, woodcock, partridge, landrail, golden plover, starling, and jay ; hackles from cocks and peacocks ; furs of all colors, from the skins of...
Page 226 - Sutton's, or the Duke of Beaufort's, Northamptonshire, or Melton Mowbray, or Vale of Blackmoor, fliers. The color of the original bloodhound was black, black and tan, or tawny, with very little white, and the pure black breed of St. Hubert was the most highly prized of all. The Talbots varied but little from the general coloring of the bloodhound, but the yellow and black pie was their general color. " The head," says Stonehenge, " is very handsome ; ears large, soft and pendulous ; jowl square and...
Page 106 - ... one ; and having, with the forefinger of the other hand, pushed back the cock as far as it will go, let the scear-spring go back gently, when the pivot of the scear is easily lifted out of the hole, and the scear taken out. " Turn out the scear-spring screw, and take out the spring. " Unscrew and take out the cock.
Page 134 - ... to others of patience and practice, is to them an instinct, as it were, rather than an acquirement. To learn to shoot from the beginning, then, with most persons, is a matter of time and patience ; and the first steps, as is the case with almost every new pursuit, are slow, tedious and unamusing. " Before attempting to use the loaded gun, the shooter, whether young or old, should always make himself thoroughly master of it. Many of the accidents, which so constantly occur, arise solely from a...
Page 134 - ... gun, at any time, by design or otherwise, at any thing, but the mark intended to be shot at. It is astonishing how often this is neglected. Guns are often pointed at females with a desire to frighten them, or at dogs, cows, or other objects in mere wantonness ; or again, whilst carrying the gun, its muzzle is held so as to point to every part of the visible horizon. All this is unsportsmanlike, unsafe, and worse than useless. With this proviso kept steadily in view, even at full cock, the gun...
Page 446 - ... reel; and also a long casting-line, with one, two, or three droppers, each armed with a fly. The fly-rod is either a single-handed one, or, when used for the larger varieties of the trout, or for salmon, the two-handed rod. Both of these rods are usually made of the same materials, and they differ only in size, the single-handed varying from 11 to 13 feet in length, while the two-handed extends from 14 to 20 feet. They are both usually made in four or five lengths, but in Scotland they are, I...
Page 456 - ... feet of where he is standing, he may lift them, because he has already well tried that portion of the water. But besides the excellence in throwing the fly, there is also a great art in striking and hooking the fish exactly at the right time, and with the proper degree of force. When the trout rises at the fly, which may always be seen by the angler, the rod should be raised with a motion upwards of the wrist only, avoiding, as far as the excitement of the moment will permit, all shoulder...