Pen and Pencil Sketches: Being Reminiscences During Eighteen Years' Residence in BengalS. Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1883 - 298 páginas |
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... shot to any one at all accustomed to hold a gun straight . It has been said of this bird that he " fattens in one night " . -an assertion I should not like the credit of having made . I have however shot them on the 5th and 6th of ...
... shot to any one at all accustomed to hold a gun straight . It has been said of this bird that he " fattens in one night " . -an assertion I should not like the credit of having made . I have however shot them on the 5th and 6th of ...
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... shots . On Snipe Shooting . TO GEORGE TRIGGER , Esq . MY DEAR GEORGE , —What a pretty bird is a snipe , and what pretty ... shot them ; they , however , are not plentiful till December . Foggy days and moonlight nights make the best time ...
... shots . On Snipe Shooting . TO GEORGE TRIGGER , Esq . MY DEAR GEORGE , —What a pretty bird is a snipe , and what pretty ... shot them ; they , however , are not plentiful till December . Foggy days and moonlight nights make the best time ...
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... shot all round me . Thinks I to myself this is really pleasant , but how shall I tell the fellow so ? I preferred the argumentum ad hominem , and let fly both barrels in the direction where I had seen the flash of his gun . His ...
... shot all round me . Thinks I to myself this is really pleasant , but how shall I tell the fellow so ? I preferred the argumentum ad hominem , and let fly both barrels in the direction where I had seen the flash of his gun . His ...
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... shot at any . It is my opinion , that whichever way the bird's head is , when he is sprung , that way he makes off , and very likely he may oftener keep his head to the wind than otherwise for the sake of hearing better , which may ...
... shot at any . It is my opinion , that whichever way the bird's head is , when he is sprung , that way he makes off , and very likely he may oftener keep his head to the wind than otherwise for the sake of hearing better , which may ...
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... shots . On the other hand , the dogs quietly ranging round puzzles them , and they lie well . Steady dogs they ought to be , and particularly so to the down charge . After a fog has cleared off , a cloudless sky is generally the ...
... shots . On the other hand , the dogs quietly ranging round puzzles them , and they lie well . Steady dogs they ought to be , and particularly so to the down charge . After a fog has cleared off , a cloudless sky is generally the ...
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