LETTERS TO YOUNG SHOOTERS 



'EC ' 



* EC ' powder, i. 200-205 ; and gun 

 headache, 201 ; cartridges, 204 



Egg chopper for pheasants, ii. 113 



Eggs, pheasants. See Pheasants' 

 eggs 



Ejector guns, description, i. 29 ; 

 noted makers, 30 ; prices, 30 ; 

 advantages and imperfections, 

 30-33 ; capabilities, 31 



English Damascus gun-barrels, i. 

 61, 62 



Engraving of guns, i. 16, 17 



Etiquette of the shooting field, fair 

 play to fellow- shooters, i. 116 ; 

 jealous shooters, 117; 'wiping 

 a man's eye,' 117; bad positions, 

 118; changing places, 118; keep 

 in line, 119 ; ' Your shot,' 120 ; 

 which birds to take of a covey, 

 120 ; conduct towards keepers 

 and beaters, 121, 122 ; boastful- 

 ness, 122 ; rules always to be 

 observed, 123 ; counting game : 

 anecdote concerning, 123, 124 ; 

 avoid excitement, 124 ; duties 

 and behaviour of the host, 125 ; 

 large and small shooting estates, 

 125 ; wagering, 125, 126 



Eyesight and its effects on the aim, 

 i. 164 ; the simple and ordinary 

 view of the question, 164-166; 

 why shooting with both eyes was 

 introduced, 165 ; how to discover 

 the stronger eye, 165 ; appro- 

 priation of aim by the left eye, 

 166-168 ; how to avoid the de- 

 fect, 168 ; double vision, reasons 

 for, 169 ; how to test the sight, 

 169, 170 ; advantages of shoot- 

 ing with both eyes, 170-172 



FALCONS, ii, 10, 301 

 Fastenings of a gun, i. 54-58 

 Feeding stack for pheasants, ii. 15 

 Fir woods and pheasant rearing, 



ii. 138, 140, 141 ; and partridge 



preserving, 257 



GAM 



Flags for grouse drivers, flankers, 



and pointsmen, ii. 373 

 Flankers, duties and positions of 



when partridge driving, ii. 244- 



247, 255, 256 ; duties and posi- 

 tions when grouse driving, 324, 



326-337 ; flags for, 373 

 Fleming, Dr. W. J., his 'Physiology 



of Shooting,' i. 160 

 Flight of game birds and the 



velocity of shot, i. 152-163 

 ' Fling,' the, i. 35 

 Flint-gun. See Muzzle-loading 



guns 

 Fowling-piece, perfection of the 



modern. See Breechloading 



guns 

 Fowls, domestic. See Hens, do 



mestic 

 Foxes and game preserves, ii. 29, 



56, 77, 86, 139, 144-147, 404 

 I Frankland, Sir Thomas of Thir- 



kleby, ii. 11 



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GALLWEY, Sir Ealph Payne-, his 

 experiments with flint, copper- 

 cap, and breechloaders, i. 3 ; at 

 driven partridges, 69 ; execution 

 with Eeilly's cripple stopper, 

 78 ; illustrated examples of his 

 experiments with choke-bore and 

 cylinder-bores, 83-90; on the 

 velocities of game birds and shot, 

 153 ; mode of testing penetration, 

 239-241 ; his travesty of a 

 battue, ii. 17-19 



Game-bag, figured and described, 

 i. 251-253 



Game preserves, criticisms on, re- 

 viewed, ii. 14-17 ; soil, 137 ; posi- 

 tion of woods, 138, 139 ; dis- 

 advantages of grass land, 138; 

 woods most favourable for, 138- 

 140 ; undercover, 139 ; straying 

 birds, 139 ; what an estate should 

 be, 140, 141; estates to be 

 avoided, 141-147; evil propen- 



