The Shot-gun and Sporting Rifle: And the Dogs, Ponies, Ferrets, &c., Used with Them in the Various Kinds of Shooting and Trapping |
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... Balls , or Dropped from a Height as in Shot - Shapes of Balls- Sizes of Shot - Wadding and Patches - Cartridges · BOOK IV . THE VARIETIES OF SHOT - GUNS AND CONTENTS . ix.
... Balls , or Dropped from a Height as in Shot - Shapes of Balls- Sizes of Shot - Wadding and Patches - Cartridges · BOOK IV . THE VARIETIES OF SHOT - GUNS AND CONTENTS . ix.
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... Ball - The Enfield Rifle and Pritchett Ball- Lancaster's Oval Spiral - General Jacob's Four - grooved Rifle— The Four and Five - sided Bore , with Rounded Angles of Major Nuthall and Mr. Boucher - Whitworth's Hexagonal Rifle - Poly ...
... Ball - The Enfield Rifle and Pritchett Ball- Lancaster's Oval Spiral - General Jacob's Four - grooved Rifle— The Four and Five - sided Bore , with Rounded Angles of Major Nuthall and Mr. Boucher - Whitworth's Hexagonal Rifle - Poly ...
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... ball 71. Belted Spherical Balls PAGE 313 • • 316 316 317 317 72. Major Nuthall's Rifle 320 73. Mr. Boucher's Ball 320 74. Section of Mr. Boucher's Rifle 320 75. Whitworth's Ball and Rifle 324 76. Greener's Bullet 325 77. Crenulated and ...
... ball 71. Belted Spherical Balls PAGE 313 • • 316 316 317 317 72. Major Nuthall's Rifle 320 73. Mr. Boucher's Ball 320 74. Section of Mr. Boucher's Rifle 320 75. Whitworth's Ball and Rifle 324 76. Greener's Bullet 325 77. Crenulated and ...
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... ball is sufficient , but in India and Africa , where the elephant or the lion must be despatched by a crashing and immediately fatal injury to the brain or some other vital organ , nothing less than two or three ounces of lead is ...
... ball is sufficient , but in India and Africa , where the elephant or the lion must be despatched by a crashing and immediately fatal injury to the brain or some other vital organ , nothing less than two or three ounces of lead is ...
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... balls , and no mere fence of planks should be relied A wall or a faggot pile will either of them suffice , but nothing less impervious will do . The height should depend upon the distance at which the shots are fired ; but for two or ...
... balls , and no mere fence of planks should be relied A wall or a faggot pile will either of them suffice , but nothing less impervious will do . The height should depend upon the distance at which the shots are fired ; but for two or ...
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Page 441 - ... personally to appear at the said sessions and to try such appeal, and to abide the judgment of the court thereupon, and to pay such costs as shall be by the court awarded ; and upon such notice being given, and such recognizance being entered into...
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Page 438 - Provided always, that no person so apprehended shall on any pretence whatsoever be detained for a longer period than twelve hours from the time of his apprehension until he shall be brought before some justice of the peace ; and that if he cannot, on account of the absence or distance of the residence of any such justice of the peace, or owing to any other reasonable cause, be brought before a justice of the peace within such twelve hours...
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Page 445 - Game, without being first duly authorized so to do, such Person shall, on Conviction thereof before a Justice of the Peace, forfeit and pay such Sum of Money, not exceeding Two Pounds, as to the Justice shall seem meet, together with the Costs of the Conviction.
Page 437 - Provided always, That any person charged with any such Trespass shall be at liberty to prove, by way of defence, any matter which would have been a defence to an action at law for such Trespass...
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Page 440 - Offence before a Justice of the Peace, the Justice may summon the Party charged to appear before himself, or any One or Two Justices of the Peace, as the Case may require...
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