Richard Jefferies
Published: 2013-10-07
Total Pages: 180
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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