CONTENTS. 



TxTRODUcTORV CHAPTiiu, — Spoiling instinct — Early yearning of ihr 

 ' young idea" alter the lore which teaches " how to s/iooi"— Improved 

 character of the pursuit of Field Sports — The general de.^ign of 

 this work — Brief notices of the materials used in Shooting — Gun- 

 makers — Purveyors of gunpowder — Charges of powder and shot — 

 Shot — Wadding — Percussion caps — Directions for the management 

 of detonating guns from page v to xx 



CiiAPTKR I. — Deer Stalking — Highland districts celebrated for this 

 sport — Weather suited to it — How best to stalk herds and single 

 Deer — Deer driving — The Deer rifle — Telescope — Hounds— IS' at u- 

 ral History of the Red Deer — A word about Stag Hunting — 'I'he 

 Fallow Deer — The f niily of Deer in IreLmd— Earl of Marr's 

 Deer Hunt from pa.i^e J to 2(» 



Chapter H. — Grouse Shooting — lis characteristics — Scodand the 

 chief district for this sport — Its system of shooting " (juarters " 

 craves wary tenants — Period of commencement — How and when 

 to begin — How to carry on the war — Scene of operation — Neces- 

 sity for earnest exertion — Dogs for the Moors — Their jjcheral 

 management — Natural History of the Red Grouse 



from page 21 to 35 



