CONTENTS 



CHAPTER PAGE 



I. OF GUNS, CHOKES, BORES, &,c. ... 1 



II. OF CARTRIDGES, POWDER, AND SHOT . . 7 



III. SHOOTING LUNCHES 12 



IV. THE WOODCOCK SAGA 17 



V. TYPICAL SHOOTERS 23 



VI. LADIES AT LUNCH 29 



VII. OF SMOKING 37 



VIII. THE SMOKING-ROOM 43 



IX. THE SMOKING-ROOM (WITH WHICH is INCOR- 

 PORATED * ANECDOTES ') . . . .49 



X. THE SMOKING-ROOM (concluded) . . . 57 



XI. LADIES AGAIN 65 



XII. THE SHOOTING DILETTANTE . . . . 71 



XIII. THE KEEPER (WITH AN EXCURSUS ON 



BEATERS) ....... 78 



