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A Complete Manual for Sportsmen.
BRITISH FIELD SPORTS; embracing Practical Instructions in Shooting, Hunting, Coursing, Racing, Fishing, &c.; with Observations on the Breaking and Training of Dogs and Horses; also, the Management of Fowling-pieces, and all other Sporting Implements. By William Henry Scott.
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Laporte’s Horse.
THE CONFORMATION AND PROPORTIONS OF A HORSE, with the Terms generally made use of to denote his various Parts, engraved from an Original Painting of G. H. Laporte, Esq. size 10 Inches by 8. Price 1s. 6d. accurately coloured.
Johnson on Hunting.
THE HUNTING DIRECTORY; containing a compendious View of the Ancient and Modern Systems of the Chase; the Method of Breeding and Managing the various kinds of Hounds, particularly Foxhounds; their Diseases, with a certain Cure for the Distemper. The pursuit of the Fox, the Hare, the Stag, &c. The nature of Scent considered and elucidated. Also, Notices of the Wolf and Boar Hunting in France; with a variety of illustrative observations. By T. B. Johnson, Author of the Shooter’s Companion. Printed in 8vo. price 9s. boards.
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