The Dog and the Sportsman: Embracing the Uses, Breeding, Training, Diseases, Etc., Etc., of Dogs, and an Account of the Different Kinds of Game, with Their Habits. Also Hints to Shooters, with Various Useful Recipes, Etc., EtcLea & Blanchard, 1845 - 223 páginas |
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Página vii
... - sidered trifles thrown off to fill up an idle hour . In turning over , once more , the leaves of that old volume , and associating , as only the editor can do , the real name and character of the various writers , with PREFACE . vii.
... - sidered trifles thrown off to fill up an idle hour . In turning over , once more , the leaves of that old volume , and associating , as only the editor can do , the real name and character of the various writers , with PREFACE . vii.
Página 39
... first a finishing grip , leaving such as are stone dead to be secured at leisure . When a duck dives to escape him , it is curious to see how he will stand erect , head and shoulders out of water , watching THE NEWFOUNDLAND . 39.
... first a finishing grip , leaving such as are stone dead to be secured at leisure . When a duck dives to escape him , it is curious to see how he will stand erect , head and shoulders out of water , watching THE NEWFOUNDLAND . 39.
Página 49
... leaves them , for many hours to- gether , in sole custody of the flock . At such times , woe be to the prowling wolf , or sneaking dog , that comes in their way . He is torn to pieces with the utmost fero- city . With man he is more ...
... leaves them , for many hours to- gether , in sole custody of the flock . At such times , woe be to the prowling wolf , or sneaking dog , that comes in their way . He is torn to pieces with the utmost fero- city . With man he is more ...
Página 52
... leaving any breed ; the dog was the best watch - dog I have ever known . I believe the expenses , as far as Havana , would not be less than $ 70 or $ 80 ; coming under a bill of lading as merchandise . M. Martinez del Campo tells me ...
... leaving any breed ; the dog was the best watch - dog I have ever known . I believe the expenses , as far as Havana , would not be less than $ 70 or $ 80 ; coming under a bill of lading as merchandise . M. Martinez del Campo tells me ...
Página 56
... leave the particular drove among which they have been reared . Not even the voice of their master can entice them be- yond sight of the flock ; neither hunger nor thirst can do it . I have been credibly informed of an instance where a ...
... leave the particular drove among which they have been reared . Not even the voice of their master can entice them be- yond sight of the flock ; neither hunger nor thirst can do it . I have been credibly informed of an instance where a ...
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The Dog and the Sportsman - Embracing the Uses, Breeding, Training, Diseases ... John Stuart Skinner,John George Wood Sin vista previa disponible - 2009 |
The Dog and the Sportsman: Embracing the Uses, Breeding, Training, Diseases ... John Stuart Skinner,Frederick Thomas Hodgson Sin vista previa disponible - 2009 |
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Página 43 - My hounds are bred out of the Spartan kind, So flew'd, so sanded ; and their heads are hung With ears that sweep away the morning dew ; Crook-knee'd, and dew-lapp'd like Thessalian bulls ; Slow in pursuit, but match'd in mouth like bells, Each under each.
Página 39 - But the poor dog, in life the firmest friend, The first to welcome, foremost to defend, Whose honest heart is still his master's own, Who labours, fights, lives, breathes for him alone, Unhonour'd falls, unnoticed all his worth, Denied in heaven the soul he held on earth: While man, vain insect!