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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... inches in diameter ; and therefore it does not follow that because he kills a bird sitting on a post at that distance , he has really aimed correctly at it . It may have happened that the centre of the charge was nearly two feet on one ...
... inches in diameter ; and therefore it does not follow that because he kills a bird sitting on a post at that distance , he has really aimed correctly at it . It may have happened that the centre of the charge was nearly two feet on one ...
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... inches long , by one inch five lines . Black grouse do not pair , and the hens are not attended by the cocks from the time when the former begin to sit , after which the males assemble together , and until the latter part of the season ...
... inches long , by one inch five lines . Black grouse do not pair , and the hens are not attended by the cocks from the time when the former begin to sit , after which the males assemble together , and until the latter part of the season ...
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... inches on the average , and his weight about twenty - four ounces and a half . The hen is smaller , averaging in weight about twenty - three ounces . The patch of naked skin over the eye is also smaller . The red and brown tints are ...
... inches on the average , and his weight about twenty - four ounces and a half . The hen is smaller , averaging in weight about twenty - three ounces . The patch of naked skin over the eye is also smaller . The red and brown tints are ...
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... inches and a quarter ; the female is smaller than the male , and is pure white in winter , like the male already described , except that she has no short black feather before or behind the eye . By the end of April , the female has ...
... inches and a quarter ; the female is smaller than the male , and is pure white in winter , like the male already described , except that she has no short black feather before or behind the eye . By the end of April , the female has ...
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... inches and a half , the female being generally a little smaller . The latter is also distinguished by having the ... inch and four lines long by one inch in breadth . From thirty to thirty - six eggs have been found in one nest ; but in ...
... inches and a half , the female being generally a little smaller . The latter is also distinguished by having the ... inch and four lines long by one inch in breadth . From thirty to thirty - six eggs have been found in one nest ; but in ...
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The Shot-Gun and Sporting Rifle: And the Dogs, Ponies, Ferrets, &C., Used ... J. H. Walsh No preview available - 2016 |
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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...
Page 426 - shall for all the purposes of this Act be deemed to include Hares, Pheasants, Partridges, Grouse, Heath or Moor Game, Black Game, and Bustards...
Page 441 - ... notice in writing of such appeal, and of the cause and matter thereof, within three days after such conviction, and seven clear days at the least before such sessions, and shall also either remain in custody until the sessions, or enter into a recognizance with two sufficient sureties...
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...
Page 435 - Christmas day, such person shall, on conviction thereof before two justices of the peace, forfeit and pay for every such offence such sum of money, not exceeding five pounds, as to the said justices shall seem meet, together with the costs of the conviction . . . .
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...
Page 437 - ... any Trespass by entering or being in the day-time upon any land in search or pursuit of Game...
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...
Page 430 - Game upon any land, nor in any manner prejudice the rights of any Lord or Owner of any Forest, Chase or Warren, or of any Lord of any Manor, Lordship or Royalty...