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A hunter's literary journal from a bygone time.The following pages are arranged somewhat in the order of time, beginning with the first gun, and attempts at shooting. Then come the fields, the first hills, and woods explored, often without a gun, or any thought of destruction: and next the poachers, and other odd characters observed at their work. Perhaps the idea of shooting with a matchlock, or wheel-lock, might, if put in practice, at least afford some little novelty.R.J.CONTENTSI. THE FIRST GUNII. THE OLD PUNT: A CURIOUS 'TURNPIKE'III. TREE-SHOOTING: A FISHING EXPEDITIONIV. EGG-TIME: A 'GIP'-TRAPV. WOODLAND TWILIGHT: TRAITORS ON THE GIBBETVI. LURCHER-LAND: 'THE PARK'VII. OBY, AND HIS SYSTEM: THE MOUCHER'S CALENDARVIII. CHURCHYARD PHEASANTS: BEFORE THE BENCHIX. LUKE, THE RABBIT-CONTRACTOR: THE BROOK PATH.X. FARMER WILLUM'S PLACE: SNIPE-SHOOTINGXI. FERRETING: A RABBIT-HUNTERXII. A WINTER NIGHT: OLD TRICKS: PHEASANT-STALKING: MATCHLOCK VERSUS BREECH-LOADER: CONCLUSION
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The story tells of how London becomes a swampland after an unspecified natural disaster delivers England over to the mercy of nature. Divided into two parts, "The Relapse into Barbarism" recounts the fall of civilisation while the second longer section entitled "Wild England" follows Felix Aquila, the male protagonist, as he builds a canoe and explores more of the world around him.
'Round About a Great Estate' is a romance novel set in the countryside, written by Richard Jefferies. Old Hilary Luckett—though familiarly called 'old,' he is physically in the prime of life—is probably about the most independent man in the county. Yet he is on terms of more than goodwill with the great house, and rents one of the largest farms on the estate, somewhere between six and seven hundred acres. He has the right of shooting, and in the course of years privilege after privilege has been granted, until Hilary is now as free of the warren as the owner of the charter himself. If you should be visiting Okebourne Chace, and any question should arise whether of horses, dog, or gun, you are sure to be referred to Hilary. Hilary knows all about it: he is the authority thereabout on all matters concerning game.