INDEX

Abbott, Mr., [184].
Accident to valuable dog, [104].
Actions of guns, [48].
Aldridge’s annual dog sales, [104].
Alexander, Mr., [199].
Alington, Mr. Charles, [259], [262], [289].
Alnwick, [338].
Ames, Mr. Hobart, [97].
Ammunition, [56]–62.
Ancient and Middle Age shooting, [13]–22.
Ancient actions, [1]–3.
—— breech-loader, [2], [3].
—— Venetian cannon, [3].
—— weapon without cartridge-case, [1].
Antelopes, [358].
Ardilaun, Lord, [335].
Arkwright, Mr. W., [126], [224].
Armstrong, John, [141].
Ashburton, Lord, [249].
Ashford, [335], [340].
Assheton-Smith, Mr., [323].
Automatic rifles, [4]–12.
Avon Tyrrell, [317].
Backing, [112].
Badminton Books, [101].
Balmacaan, [270].
Bamboo partridge (Bambusicola), [269].
Bang, Mr. Sam Price’s, [130].
Barclay, Mr. James W., [245].
Beaters, clothes for, [300].
Beaulieu, [286].
Bedford, Duke and Duchess of, [346].
Beechgrove Bee, [199].
Bell, Robert, letter from, [257].
Belle, Mr. Lloyd Price’s, [130].
Big game, [358]–360.
Bishop, Mr. Elias, [132].
—— Mr. James, [140].
Black-and-tan setter, the, [168]–175.
Black game, bags, [344], [345].
—— —— colouring, [341].
—— —— counties for, [341].
—— —— eggs, [346].
—— —— season, [341].
—— —— species, [341].
—— —— stalking, [343].
Blubberhouses Moor, [226].
Boar-hounds (German), [196].
Boss & Co., [52].
Boughey, Sir Thomas, [132], [198].
Brackenbury, Mr., [129].
Bradford, Lord (Lord Newport), [245].
Brailsford, Mr. W., [135].
Branches of pointers, [128].
Breaking dogs, [107].
Breech-loader, ancient, [23].
Broomhead, [230], [231].
Brown, Mr. Allan, [229].
Buccleuch, Duke of, [344].
Buffalo, [358].
Butter, Mr. H. E., [105].
Caminelleo Vitelli of Pistoia, [4].
Campbell, Colonel, of Monzie, [230].
Cannon, ancient Venetian, [3].
Capercailzie, [361].
—— at Woburn Abbey, [346].
Chantrey, [340].
Chapman, Mr., [172].
—— Mr. Abel, [314].
Cheetham, Mr., [161].
Chemists, [1].
Chesterfield, Lord, [174].
Cheveley, [253].
Chippenham, [253].
Chipping Norton, [253].
Choke-bore shot gun, [29].
Christie, Mr. Charles, [245].
Chronographic testing, [38].
“Circling” dogs of old, [16].
Close time, [234].
Coke, Lord, [255].
Colt revolver, [6].
Compton Pride, Mr. B. J. Warwick’s, [137].
Cooke, Mr. Radcliffe, [185].
Coot, the, [368].
Corbet, Sir Vincent, [140].
Corrie, Mr. Wynn, [224], [228], [229].
Cotes, Colonel C. J., [132].
Country Life, [269], [323].
Count Wind’em, [143].
County Gentleman, [53].
Coverts, [293].
Crack shots, [88]–100.
Cross-eyed stocks, [50].
Cumming, Sir William Gordon, [253].
—— —— and his keeper, letters from, [256]–258.
Cylinder shot gun, [29].
Dallowgill Moor, [226], [231].
Dan, Mr. Statter’s, [141].
Dan Wind’em, Mr. Llewellin’s, [143].
Darwinism, [193].
Dash II, John Armstrong’s, [141].
Davies, Mr. George, [161].
De Grey, Lord, [70].
Deer in Scotland, [354].
—— rifles and shot for, [354].
—— roe, [365].
Deer-hound, Scotch, [196].
Delnadamph, [222], [230], [245].
Derby, Lord, [273].
Diseases of game birds, [370].
Dog’s point, walking up to, [224].
Dog sales, Aldridge’s annual, [104].
—— shows, [103].
—— trials, [102].
Dogs and sport in America, [151]–159.
—— colour of, [197].
—— evolution, [193].
—— gun-shy, [108].
Drake, Sir Richard Garth’s, [129].
Drumlanrig Castle, [344].
Drumour, [353].
Ducie, Lord, [247].
Duck shooting, best shot for, [306].
Ducks, difficulty in driving, [302].
—— encouraging the fowl, [316].
—— flapper shooting, [316].
—— flight shooting, [308].
—— management of, when shooting, [304], [305], [306].
—— shore shooting, [309].
—— the “gaze” system, [313].
Duke of Wellington and the rifle, [18].
Duleep Singh, Prince F., [99].
—— Prince Victor, [99].
Dunbar, Mr., [216].
Dunmore, Lord, [245].
Durnford Bridge, [226].
Duryea, Mr. H. B., [97].
—— Mrs., [97].
Edinglassie, [245].
Ejectors, [49].
Elephants, [359].
Eley, Mr. C. C., [184].
—— Mr. Charles, [184].
Ellesmere, Lord, [252].
Ellis, Mr. Thomas, [183].
Elvedon, [247].
English setters, [139]–150.
Euston, [250], [263], [286], [291].
Eversfield, Mr., [199].
Evolution of the dog, [193].
Eynsham Hall, [253], [353].
Falcons, [208].
Faskally Bragg, [105].
Fast birds, [45].
Fellowes, Mr., [253], [333].
Field, Mr. Barclay, [158].
Field, The, [269].
Field trials, [114].
Forbes, Sir Charles, [245].
—— Sir Charles John, [245].
—— Mr. George, [245].
Form in game shooting, [76]–87.
Forsyth, Rev. A. J., [1].
Fortnightly Review, [220].
Fosbery automatic pistol, [6].
Foxes and partridges, [247].
French army, [1].
Fryer, Mr. F. E. R., [70], [253].
Gallwey, Sir R. Payne, [333].
Garth, Sir Richard, [129].
Gas-tar, [320].
Geddies, Mr. J., [289].
Geese, grey-lag, [208].
—— wild, [368].
Gethin, Mr. Edward, [333].
Gilbertson & Page, Messrs., [289].
Gladstone, Sir John, [230], [253].
Glenbuchat, [209], [222], [230], [245].
Glenquoich, [231].
Good points in pointers and setters, [122].
Goose, pink-footed, [369].
Gorse, Mr., [182].
Grafton, Duke of, [250].
Graham, Sir R., [249].
Granby, Lord, [251], [262], [297].
Grandtully, [230], [223].
Gray, Mr. Thomson, [172].
Greener, Mr. W. W., [7].
Gregory, Mr. Pearson, [251].
Griffith, late Mr., [38].
Grouse, bags, [209], [226], [231], [232], [245].
—— bags over dogs, [227].
—— beating for, with dogs, [241].
—— becking, [221], [242].
—— breeding by hand, [214].
—— burning the heather, [214].
—— butts, [239].
—— carting, [243].
—— commission, [209].
—— distribution of, [204].
—— draining the moors, [214].
—— driving, [238].
—— effect of Act of Parliament on, [208], [225].
—— effect of bad weather, [208].
—— effect of colour of dogs on, [244].
—— effect of driving, [209].
—— effect of falcons on, [207].
—— flankers, [239].
—— gruffing, [243].
—— kiting, [221], [242].
—— methods of shooting, [214].
—— on tops, [222].
—— presence of sheep, [214].
—— preserving and bags, [214].
—— shooting on the stooks, [243].
—— that lie and grouse that fly, [204]–213.
—— wet-day method of shooting, [244].
—— Yorkshire, [207].
Guisichan, [270].
Gun Club, Notting Hill, [349].
Gun-makers’ opinions of rifles wanted to shoot different animals, [8]–12.
Gun metal for old cannon, [22].
Gun-shy dogs, [108].
Guns at Waterloo, [15].
Hackett, Mr., [140].
Hagenbach, Mr., [269].
Hail-shot forbidden in England and France, [17].
Hall, Mr. A., [157].
Hall’s Field B powder, [95].
Hardcastle, Lieutenant, [62].
Harding, Captain, [185].
Hares, bags, [324].
—— blue, [323].
—— brown, [323].
—— shooting, [326].
Hargreaves, Mr. Robert, [314].
Harlaxton, [263].
Harting, Mr., [269].
Hastings, Lord, [340].
Hawker, Colonel, [206], [225], [335].
—— —— method of trying guns, etc., [61].
Heather beetle, [219].
—— destruction, [219].
Hibbert, Hon. A. Holland, [192], [193], [262], [289].
High Force, [231].
Hill, Hon. G., [85].
—— late Lord, [85].
Hirsch, Baron, [259].
Holkham, [249], [254], [286], [292].
Honingham, [253].
Houghton, [291].
Hutchinson, Rev. Mr., [169].
Invention of gunpowder, [15].
—— of rifles, [171].
—— of wheel-lock, [17].
Inventions made by chemists, [1].
Involuntary pull of single triggers, [5], [52].
Irish setter, the, [160]–167.
Italy’s invention of pistols, [4].
Judy, Mr. Statter’s, [140].
Karolyi, Count, [324].
Kennels, [103].
—— Duke of Gordon’s, [103].
—— Lord Cawdor’s, [103].
—— Lord Lovat’s, [103].
—— Lord Rosslyn’s, [104].
Kidston, Mr. Glen, [252].
Kinds of retrievers, [177].
King, Mr. John, [164].
Klein, Dr., [220], [370].
Kynoch, Messrs., [357].
Labrador retriever, the, [191]–194.
Labradors, early, [194].
Landrail, the, [364].
Lang, Joseph, [131].
Laverack, Mr., [141].
Law-suit, Robertson v. Purdey, [55].
Leicester, Lord, [253], [292], [333].
Leverets, [324].
Lichfield, Lord, [136].
Lilford, Lord, [270].
Lions, [358].
Llewellin, Mr., [143].
Lloyd, Mr., [333].
Lloyd Price, Mr., [130].
Lonsdale, Captain H. Heywood, [135].
—— late Mr. A. P., [135].
Louis XV., [1].
Lovat, Lord, [141].
Mackintosh, The, [240].
Manners, Lord, [317].
Mannlicher, [357].
Mansfield, Lord, [324].
Markham, Gervaise, [173].
Mark II. Lee-Enfield carbine, [7].
Marlow, keeper at The Grange, [254], [290].
Mary Rose’s ancient cannon, [3].
Mason, Mr. J. F., [253], [353].
Match between bow and gun at Pacton Green, [19].
Mauser pistol, [5].
Mawson, Mr., [133].
Menzies Castle, [225], [230].
Methods of shooting the red grouse, [235]–245.
Milbank, Sir Fred., [58], [199].
Millais, Mr. J. G., [270].
Millard, Mr., [285], [289].
Mills, Mr. John, of Bisterne, [316].
Mindszent, [324].
Minie rifle adopted by army, [20].
Missing, source of, [240].
Mitchell, Mr. Herbert, [146].
Montague, Lord, [254].
Moor, draining of, [233].
Moors of Aberdeen, [205].
—— of Allan and Islay, [205].
—— of Caithness and Wigtonshire, [205].
—— of Devonshire and Dartmoor, [204].
—— of Ross-shire, Sutherland, Caithness, the Lews, Skye, [206].
—— of South Wales, [205].
Mottram, Mr., [333].
Moulton Paddocks, [253].
Moy Hall, [232].
Muckross, [340].
Munden Single, [193].
Naumann, Mr., [360].
Navy and Army competition, [7].
Netherby, [303].
New Forest, [200], [254].
—— —— shooting, [15].
Nicholson, Mr., [133].
Nitro powders, [56].
Northumberland, Duke of, [338].
Notting Hill Gun Club, [349].
Orwell Park, [249].
Pacton Green, [19].
Pallavicini, Count A., [324].
Partridge bags and driving, [259]–266.
—— in Bohemia, Hungary, etc., [259], [266].
—— eggs, imported, etc., [258].
Partridges, distribution, [249].
—— food, ants’ eggs, etc., [248].
—— hand rearing, [247].
—— incubation, [255].
—— methods of preservation of, [246]–258.
—— over dogs, [262].
—— “packed,” 247.
—— protection by sense, [246].
Pasteur, M., [370].
Peregrines, destruction of, [222].
Pheasant, Reeves, [268].
Pheasants, buying eggs of, [275].
—— coops, [281].
—— difference in wild and tame bred, [297].
—— feathering, colours, etc., [268].
—— food, [277], [278], [279], [283], [284].
—— made difficult, [235].
—— made to fly high, [293], [294], [295].
—— Mongolian, crosses with partridges, [254].
—— nests taken, [287].
—— origin of, [274].
—— penning, [275], [279], [280], [281], [282], [283].
—— protection from foxes, [290].
—— scent, [288].
—— species of, [267].
—— timidity of, [293].
Pheasant shooting a hundred years ago, [298].
—— —— beaters, [299].
—— —— dogs for, [300].
—— —— nets, [300], [301].
—— —— over spaniels, [202].
—— —— “sewin,” 300.
—— —— through leaves, [296].
Pictures of sport, old and new, [13].
Pigeon shooting, [347]–353.
—— species of, [347].
—— trap shooting, [347].
—— wild rock, [351].
—— wood, [351].
—— wood, bags, [353].
Pilkington, Mr., [133].
Pink-footed goose, [369].
Plover, the golden, [365].
Pointer, origin of, [127].
Pointers, branches of, [128].
Pointers and setters, [101]–125.
—— —— points in, [122].
—— —— purchase of, [121].
Portland, Duke of, [253].
Powerscourt, Lord, [323].
Practice of shooting, the, [69]–75.
Priam, Mr. Whitehouse’s, [131].
Price, Mr. Lloyd, [183], [215], [321].
—— Mr. Sam, [130].
Principles of making automatic rifles, [6].
Pringle, Mr., [330], [332].
Ptarmigan, the, [366].
Quail, the, [362].
Quartering, [111].
Rabbit shooting, [318]–322.
—— —— with beaters, [319].
—— —— with dogs, [318].
—— warrens, enclosing of, [322].
Rabbits, destruction of vermin, [320].
—— ferreting, [321].
—— food, [322].
—— hunted by beagles, [318].
—— in bracken, [318].
—— in covert, [318].
—— in heather, [318].
—— lime-dressing, [321].
—— preservation of, [320].
Rake, Mr. Hackett’s, [140].
Ranger, Newton’s, [129].
Recoil, [57].
Red grouse, [214]–234.
Renardine, [289].
Repeating shot guns, [6].
Retriever, the Labrador, [191]–194.
—— origin of, [191].
Retrievers and their breaking, [176].
—— breaking, [188].
—— entering on game, [189].
—— kinds of, [177].
Rhiwlas, [215].
—— warren, [321].
Rhœbe, Mr. Statter’s, [140].
Rifle taken up by the army, [20].
Rifles for different animals, [8].
Rob Roy, Captain Lonsdale’s, [150].
Roe deer, [365].
Romp’s Baby, [129].
Romp, Mr. Brackenbury’s, [129].
Rose of Gerwn, [105].
Ross, Horatio, [350].
Rothschild, Hon. Walter, [269], [270], [271].
Ruabon Hills, [215], [224].
Rushmore, [252].
Safety of guns, [49].
Sanquhar, [345].
Schultze gunpowder, [38].
Seafield, Lord, [270].
Seal shooting, [361].
Second-hand shot guns, [23].
Serjeantson, Rev. W., [97].
Setter, the black-and-tan, [168]–175.
—— the Irish, [160]–167.
Setters, dog-show, [105].
—— English, [139]–150.
—— liver-and-white, [197].
Shamrock, Mr. W. Arkwright’s, [131].
Sharp, Mr. Isaac, [170].
Shaw, Mr., [332], [339].
Sheep, removal, [233].
Shirley, Mr., [182].
Shooting, ancient and Middle Age, [13]–22.
—— schools, [25].
Shot guns, on the choice of, [23].
Shots, twelve best, in Bailey’s Magazine, [73].
Shuter, Mr. Allan, [185].
Sinclair, Sir Tollemache, [216].
Single-trigger double guns, [52].
Six Mile Bottom, [255].
Size of shot pellets, [32].
Smith, Mr. Winton, [199].
Smokeless powder, [56].
Smyth, Sir John, [19].
Snipe, [329]–334.
—— bags, [332], [333].
—— difficulty of shooting, [329].
—— species of, [329].
—— Wilson, [330].
Spaniel, Blenheim, [195].
—— breaking of, [200].
—— values, [201].
Spaniels, black-and-tan, [197].
—— black field, [196].
—— clumber, [198].
—— cocker, [195].
—— dachshund formation, [195].
—— English springer, [195], [200].
—— Mr. Eversfield, [198].
—— field trial and show, [202].
—— King Charles, [195].
—— leaving game behind, [203].
—— liver-and-white, [197].
—— Nimrod, [198].
—— of South Wales, [199].
—— red, [197].
—— retrieving, [201].
—— Rosehill, [196], [198].
—— Sussex, [195].
—— water, [198].
—— Welsh springer, [195].
Spur fowl (Galloperdix), [269].
Stamina trials, [102].
Stanhope, Sir Spencer, [226].
Statter, Mr. Thomas, [135].
Stetchworth, [251], [252], [253], [254], [263].
St. Mary’s Loch, [342].
Stone, Dr., [166].
Suffolk, sportsman in, [176], [198].
Swanton Wood, [340].
Tar-paper, [320].
Teal, [364].
Tegetmeier, Mr., [285], [374].
Tomasson, Captain, [209].
—— Captain, letter from, [210].
Thornton, Colonel, [52], [208], [225].
Tot-Megyr, [324].
Turner, Mr. Sidney, [137].
Tweedmouth, Lord, [185], [270].
Twelve best shots, [92].
Twelve-bore guns, [26].
Twici, William, verses by, [328].
Ussher, Mr. R. J., [339].
Varied bag, a, [361]–369.
Varieties and species of the pheasant, [266]–273.
Vaynol Park, [323], [350].
Velocity of light, [65].
Venetian cannon, ancient, [3].
Verses in head keeper’s room at Sandringham, [87].
Walsh, Mr. J. H., [170].
Walsingham, Lord, [37], [215], [227], [233], [239], [353].
Wapiti, [358].
Warwick, Mr. B. J., [137].
Webley Foster revolver, [5].
Welbeck, [253].
Wemmergill, [231].
Westminster, late Duke of, [136].
Whitehouse, Mr., [131].
Widgeon, the, [368].
Wild geese, [368].
Wild wild-duck, [308]–317.
Williams, Mr. A. T., [105], [199].
Wilson, Mr. Rimington, [73], [217], [220], [228], [239].
Winans, Mr. Walter, [69].
Woburn Abbey, [346].
Wolf-hound, Irish, [196].
Wolseley, Lord, [40].
Woodcock bags, [335].
Woodcocks, [335]–340.
Wortley, Mr. A. Stuart, [70].
Wynn, Sir Watkin William, [131].
Xenophon, [325].
Zebra, [358].

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