INDEX 



(Tin-hides First and Second Series] 



u Y of a gun, how to test, 

 i. 230-234 



Action of a gun, how to preserve, 

 i. 180 



Agriculture, modern changes in, 

 and the habits of game birds, i. 

 2 ; ii. 9, 207 



Aiming, correct, practical : the gift 

 of accuracy, i. 127, 128; born 

 marksmen 'and how they aim, 

 129 ; three methods of aiming 

 described, 130, 131 ; explanation 

 of swing, jerk, and direct, 131 ; 

 comments on the first sys- 

 tem of aiming, 132-135 ; on the 

 second system, 135, 136 ; on the 

 third system, 136-138 ; difficult 

 shots, 138; position of the hands, 

 139, 140; where to aim at cross- 

 ing and overhead shots, 140, 

 141 ; general remarks on the 

 system of aiming ahead, 141- 

 148 ; easy shots, 144-146 ; diffi- 

 cult shots, 145 ; attitude, 146- 

 11*: effect of the triggers on 

 aiming, 149, 150; sore finger, 

 150. 151 



Aiming, correct, theoretical: on 

 tiring ahead of the object, i. 152 ; 

 the speed of flying game and 

 the velocity of shot, 152, 153 ; 

 illustrated examples of how to 

 aim at crossing pheasants, 153- 

 157 ; the lateral movement, 



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157, 158 ; method of conducting 

 experiments, with tables show- 

 ing velocities &c. 158, 159 ; 

 time taken in charge leaving 

 gun, 160 ; to pull the trigger by 

 a quick shooter, 160-1 62 ; by a 

 slow shooter, 161-163; flying 

 shot with an arrow at a martin, 

 163 ; eyesight in its relation to 

 aiming, 164-172. See Eyesight 



Ants' eggs for pheasants, ii. 125 ; 

 and partridges, 260 



Arrow, extraordinary flying shot 

 with an, i. 163 



Attitude of a shooter, i. 146-148 



Aviary for pheasant rearing, ii. 39 ; 

 its formation, 39 ; construction 

 and fittings of a pen, 39-44 ; 

 capabilities, cost, and order of 

 construction of an aviary of six 

 pens, 44-49; choice of situation, 

 49 ; soil, 49, 50 ; the circular 

 aviary, 51, 52 ; Colonel Wing- 

 field on aviaries, 53-55 ; manage- 

 ment of, 56, 57 ; methods of 



stocking, 57-63 



BALA, pheasant rearing at, ii. 37 



Balance of guns, i. 39 



Bantam eggs, use of, as nest-eggs 

 for wild pheasants, ii. 29 



Barrels of guns, manufacture of, i. 

 13, 14 ; necessity of examining, 

 in second-hand guns, 15 ; dual 



