CONTENTS. Xi 



Chap. XLIII., Page 232.— THE CRIPPLE CHASE ; explanation of— Mode of 

 pursuing cripple ^^^ld-fowl — Delight of young sailors — Catching a crab — Instinct 

 of wounded water fowl — Wonderful dexterity — Lord Chancellor Erskine ; 

 stirring the bottom — The cripple-net — Sharp winters. 



Chap. XLIV., Page 236.— WILD-DUCK SHOOTING.— Habits of wild ducks- 

 Mode of pursuing them by daylight — The broad-side chance — The fairest mai'k 

 — Keystone to success — The most deadly chance — Wild-duck shooting at night 

 — Shooting by guess — Manoeu\Tes — Stray feathers — Dittieulties and dangers — 

 Shore gunners ; their astonishing success accounted for — A double vexation — 

 Eagei'ness to grasp the horn of plenty — Flapper shooting — Undignified pro- 

 ceedings — Halbran shooting. 



Chap. XLV., Page 245.— WIDGEON SHOOTING; the fairest sport; theii- 

 favourite haunts- Persecution from the punters — Delicious birds — Immense 

 companies — Remunerative shots^Hints to fowlers. 



Chap. XLVI., Page 248.— THE PINTAIL DUCK; a choice delicacy; singular 

 habits — Hints to the punter — A miss-fire — Wounded pintaUs. 



Chap. XLVIL, Page 250.— TEAL SHOOTING. - Surpassing exceUcnce of the 

 bird — Ijucky chances — Habits and haunts of teal — Instructions for shooting — 

 The gargany. 



Chap. XLVIII., Page 253.— COOT SHOOTING ; cxccUent sport ; local habits ; 

 Manningtree coots ; immense coverts on the Stour ; peculiarities of the species ; 

 good sentries — Wounded coots — Best means of approaching coots ; mode of 

 distinguisliing them at a long distance ; their enemies ; amusing scufflings — 

 Admirable discipline of coots — Influence of the drainage system — Plover's eggs. 



Chap. XLIX., Page 257.— THE MOOR-HEN ; its peculiarities— Moor-hen shoot- 

 ing good practice for young sportsmen — Moor-hen of Ionia. 



Chap. L., Page 259.— SHOVELLER SHOOTING; difliculties of the sport; 

 cunning of the birds ; their extraordinary jjowers of diving — The burrow-duck 

 can only be shot by daylight — The velvet duck — TJic scanp-diick — The scoter ; 

 theh' impenetrable coating of feathers. 



Chap. LI., Page 263.— DIVER SHOOTING.— Distinction between divers and 

 edible wUd-fowl ; their savage nature ; sometimes caught in fishing nets^The 

 red-breasted merganser ; difficulties of shooting ; anecdote of a scientific shot — 

 The hooded merganser — The goosander — The great northern diver ; extra- 

 ordinary power under water ; value of their skins — The black-throated diver — 

 The red-throated diver. 



Chap. LIL, Page 269.- WILD-FOWL SHOOTING ON THE COAST BY 

 DAYLIGHT. — Varieties of the diversion ; stalking wild-fowl ; trying ex- 

 posures ; the reward of energy ; favourable opportunities — Sporting costume — 

 Hints from experiences ; severe frosts ; ice screens ; high cliffs ; unenviable 

 positions — Artifices employed on the banks of the Rhine — Colonel Hawker and 

 the " armed vagabonds" — Poor fishermen — Wild-fowling licence — Laughable 

 invectives. 



Chap. LIII., Page 276.— FLIGHT SHOOTING; explanation of the term- 

 Dexterous sportsmen — Novices — Propitious nights ; a lurid sky ; moonlight ; 

 Habits of wild- ducks — Indefatigable sportsmen — Morning flight — Village 

 roughs — A flight shooting frolic ; three -wild swans — A fight and scramble ; 

 limb from limb — The powerful blacksmith. 



Chap. LIV., Page 280.— WILD-FOWL SHOOTING ASHORE BY NIGHT— 

 Advantages and disadvantages of the sport — Mode of approaching wild-fowl at 

 night — How to discover their most frequented haunts — Practical hints — Moon- 

 light nights — Rich feeding grounds — Suspicious sounds- A midnight adventure 

 ■ — Faithful Sambo — The toils of wUd-fowl shooting— The snow-covered sports- 

 man — The rules of wild-fowl shooting — A splendid chance — A simultaneous 



