GREAT GAME SHOOTING AND PRACTICAL TAXIDERMY.
One Vol. Post 8vo. Bound in Leather. Price 3s. 6d. net. By Post 3s. 9d.
THE
SPORTSMAN'S HANDBOOK
TO PRACTICAL COLLECTING, PRESERVING, AND ARTISTIC
SETTING-UP OF TROPHIES AND SPECIMENS
TO WHICH IS ADDED A
SYNOPTICAL GUIDE TO THE HUNTING GROUNDS OF THE WORLD
By ROWLAND WARD, F.Z.S.,
AUTHOR OF "HORN MEASUREMENTS," ETC.
SEVENTH EDITION—WITH NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS.
"Sport, however, it must be borne in mind, is a thing of every climate and of all seasons, and the manual referred to, 'The Sportsman's Handbook,' by Rowland Ward, F.Z.S., has a little to say of most regions, from the North of Scandinavia to the South of India. All knowledge is apt to come in useful; and even those of us who may never know the delight of facing a charge of the Cape buffalo—under some circumstances among the most dangerous experiences of the sportsman, we are told—may yet find a less rapturous pleasure in learning how a real sportsman should entertain such a visitor. The next best thing to being able to shoot a lion in a workmanlike fashion is to know how the thing ought to be done, and that is among the items of instruction in this little book."—Daily News, Leading Article.
"With this in his portmanteau, no one fond of shooting and collecting need any longer lament his inability to preserve his trophies, since the directions given for skinning and preserving animals of all kinds are extremely clear and simple, and rendered all the more intelligible by the wood engravings by which they are accompanied. Quadrupeds, birds, fishes, reptiles, and insects are all dealt with in turns, and directions given not merely for skinning them, but also for mounting them, if desired, a year or two (it may be) after they have been procured."—Field.