CONTENTS

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Ancient Actions[1]
Ancient Pistols to Automatic and Elephant Rifles[4]
Ancient and Middle Age Shooting[13]
On the Choice of Shot Guns[23]
Single-Trigger Double Guns[52]
Ammunition[56]
The Theory of Shooting[63]
The Practice of Shooting[69]
Form in Game Shooting—I[76]
Form in Game Shooting—II[82]
Crack Shots—I[88]
Crack Shots—II[94]
Pointers and Setters[101]
The Pointer[126]
English Setters[139]
Strenuous Dogs and Sport in America[151]
The Irish Setter[160]
The Black-and-Tan Setter[168]
Retrievers and their Breaking[176]
The Labrador Retriever[191]
Spaniels[195]
Grouse that Lie and Grouse that Fly[204]
Red Grouse[214]
Methods of Shooting the Red Grouse[235]
The Latest Methods of Preservation of Partridges[246]
Partridge Bags and Driving[259]
Varieties and Species of the Pheasant[267]
Pheasants[274]
Bringing Pheasants to the Guns[292]
Shooting Wild Ducks Artificially Reared[302]
Wild Wild-Duck[308]
Rabbit Shooting[318]
Hares[323]
Snipe[329]
Woodcocks[335]
Black Game[341]
Pigeon Shooting[347]
Deer in Scotland[354]
Big Game[358]
A Varied Bag[361]
Diseases of Game Birds[370]
Index[377]