CONTENTS. IX 



The Retriever. — Notice of this field servant-of-all-work — \ slight 

 biography of Venom, the property of the Author, one of the worthies 

 of this cosmopolite family from page 102 to 105 



Chapter VIII. — Quail Shooting — The Quail a bird of passage — 

 Partial to Ireland — Once common to our cockney Isle of Thanet — 

 Growng more scarce every year — Daniel's social sketch of this 

 migrate not much to its credit — Natural History of the Common 

 Quail from page 106 to 112 



Chapter IX. — Bustard Shooting — A reminiscence of the amusement 

 — No more leviathan gunnery of that sort to be had — Foi-mer 

 fashion of its economy — A rich episode touching the circumvention 

 of a Bustard — Natural History of the Great and Little Bustard 



from page 113 to 117 



Chapter X. — Hare Shooting — Vast quantities of Hares found in 

 closely preserved districts — Their favourite resorts — How best to 

 shoot them — A touch of the philosophical — Property of speed in 

 the Hare — Natural History of the Hare ; its Domestic History 

 also from page 118 to 127 



Chapter XI. — Rabbit Shooting — Various ways of enjoying this pas- 

 time — Some accoimt of the best — Time best adapted for approach- 

 ing the Rabbit — Ditto, Place — Most suitable methods for -shooting 

 him — These are many, and therefore every one may please his fancy 

 — and his taste, with luck and onion sauce . . from page 128 to 131 



The Ferret. — Ferreting — How the animal and the amusement were 

 wont to be used, and abused, in former days — Season for Ferreting, 

 and improved mode of treating the Fen-et — Management of Ferrets 

 — General remarks upon them, in reference to cur Recreations 

 particularly from page 132 to 135 



