INDEX 



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sities of rooks, 143 ; and of 

 foxes, 144-147; cost of feeding 

 pheasants, 149-151 ; accounts 

 showing profit and loss on pre- 

 serving estates, 152, 153 ; amount 

 of food required by full-grown 

 pheasants, 154, 155; how to feed 

 to keep them at home, 155-159 ; 

 advantages of osier beds, 203 ; 

 best time for counting game, 

 204 



Game rearers, ii. 37 



Game shooting, modern, ' old 

 school ' critics on, ii. 1, 2 ; ad- 

 vantages of driving over walk- 

 ing up,' 2-14 ; more humane, 

 3-5 ; requires more skill, 3 ; 

 increases stock, 4, 5 ; superior 

 table game through, 5, 6 ; social 

 advantages, 6 ; criticisms on 

 shooting pheasants over dogs, 

 7, 8 ; partridges, 8, 9 ; grouse, 9 ; 

 the custom suitable to Scotland 

 12 ; but out of date in England, 

 13, 14 ; preserves, 14-17 ; a 

 burlesque shoot, 17-19 



Game-stop, its use and advantages, 

 i. 254-256 



Gapes in pheasants, ii. 74, 122-124 



Greener, Mr., his strictures on 

 cylinder-bores criticised, i. 78, 

 79 



Grey, Earl de, and the hammer 

 gun, i. 25 ; his use of the full- 

 choke, 80 ; of black powder, 

 200 ; of No. 5 shot, 208 



Griffith, Mr. B. W. S., his experi- 

 ments on velocities of birds and 

 shot tabulated, i. 158, 159 



Ground Game Act, and its effect 

 on the relations between land- 

 lord and tenant, ii. 378, 379 



Ground game shooting : rabbits, ii. 

 377-419 ; hares, 420-425 



Grouse disease, and the selection 

 of a moor, ii. 271 ; cause of 

 disease, 272; its periodicity, 

 272 ; when to expect it, 273 



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I Grouse shooting, wildness of the 

 birds, i. 2, 3, ii. 10 ; shooting 

 with choke and cylinder bores, i. 

 70, 71, 79 ; position of loaders 

 in shelters, 104 ; near shots, 

 111 ; suitable shot, 210 ; driving 

 and walking up contrasted, ii. 

 4-6, 9-13; popularity of the 

 sport, 263 ; the three systems 

 of shooting, 264-266 ; localities 

 favourable and unfavourable to 

 driving, 266, 267 ; selection of a 

 moor, 268-271 ; with regard to 

 its immunity from disease, 271- 

 274 ; grouse not reared artifi- 

 cially, 273 ; the choice of a moor 

 for shooting over dogs, 274 ; its 

 characteristics, 274-276 ; its ca- 

 pabilities for sport, 276, 277; 

 everburning and sheep, 278 

 Grouse shooting, ' over dogs : ' pre- 

 parations for the ' 12th,' ii. 279 ; 

 treatment of dogs, 279, 280; 

 time of starting, 280 ; bad 

 weather, 280 ; direction of the 

 wind to be considered, 281 ; 

 working a moor : habits of birds, 

 281, 282 ; walking ' too far ' and 

 ' too fast,' 282 ; shooting the old 

 birds, 283, 284; walking up- 

 hill and downhill, 284 ; when to 

 rest and refresh, 284 ; advantages 

 of pointers over setters, 285-287 ; 

 number of dogs to use, 287 ; on 

 breaking dogs, 288, 289 ; upwind 

 v. sidewind shooting, 289 ; long 

 draws on birds and how to prevent 

 them, 290 ; signals for assistants, 

 290 ; how to make a good bag. 

 291 ; hints to the shooter : over- 

 work, 291, 292-; quenching thirst, 

 292; carrying the gun on rough 

 ground, 293 ; finding water, 293 ; 

 sledge for grouse snooting, 293- 

 295; shade of costume, -J'.i.",: 

 boots, 295 ; hardening the feet, 

 296 ; spare the small birds : a 

 1 12th ' incident illustrated, 296, 



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