INDEX 



HAM 



private ranges for trying, 41, 42 ; 



Jones's ' Try Gun,' 43; weight, 



iore and charge, 



i ; pistol-hand, 52 ; dual 

 pattern barrels, 52, 53 ; mecha- 

 nism of guns, 54 ; testing the 



;e,' -54 ; top fastening, 54- 



teel and Damascus barrels, 



; ; length of barrels, 63-66; 

 loaders and loading, 100-105 ; 

 how to carry a gun : safely, 105- 

 107, ii. 2'J3 ; accidents to guns, 

 i. 107, 108 ; their care and clean- 

 ing, 173 ; general treatment and 



rvation, 174-178; the bar- 

 rels and action, 178-180; vaseline 

 and other ingredients for pre- 

 179-181, 189, 190,197; 

 the locks, 180, 181 ; on taking a 

 gun to pieces, 181-185 ; pits in 

 barrels, 185-188 ; cleaning-rods 

 and other appliances, 191-193 ; 

 concluding remarks on cleaning, 

 1 95 ; the wire brush, 196, 197; 

 loading of guns : black powder 

 r. nitro-compounds, 198-205 ; 

 for experiments, 222-224 ; shot, 



_ Ji ) : quick loading at a * hot 

 corner.' ii. 206 ; safe handling of 

 in grouse shooting, 363-368 ; the 



gun for grouse, 368, 369. 

 See Breechloading guns ; Ejector 

 guns ; Hammer guns ; Hammer- 

 less guns ; and Muzzle-loading 

 guns 



HAMMEI: GUNS, advantages of, i. 23; 

 r. hamuierless guns, 23 ; fittings 

 of hammer guns, 24 ; price, 24 ; 

 used by the best shots, 25 ; dis- 

 advantages of for grouse-driving, 

 ii. 



Hammerless guns, advantages of, 

 i. L'O ; and ejectors, 25 ; recent 

 improvements in hammerless 

 gun- the original in- 



ventor.-, ->') ; capabilities, 26 ; 



JAY 



safety, 20 ; tittings, 27-29 ; the 

 best for grouse driving, ii. 367 



Hampshire, pheasant rearing in, 

 ii. 37 



Hares, shot for, i. 210; suitable 

 estates for, ii. 137; dangers of 

 shooting in covert, 197 ; osier 

 beds for, 203 ; shooting at 

 settling, 253 ; and the Ground 

 Game Act, 378 ; shooting of 

 considered as a sport, 420 ; how 

 to shoot, 421-423 ; driving, 423, 

 424: nervousness of, 424, 425; 

 antipathy to rabbits, 425 



Hawks, ii. 10, 21, 70-72, 95, 96, 

 301 



Headaches, gun. See Gun head- 

 aches 



Heather burning, importance of 

 for grouse, ii. 274, 278, 307 



Hens, domestic, first use of 

 for pheasant rearing, ii. 22 ; 

 nesting boxes and coops for, 77, 

 78 ; runs for, 79, 80 ; testing 

 broody hens, 81, 82; the best 

 hens for sitting, 82, 83 ; manage- 

 ment of, 83-85 ; how to tether, 

 85 ; method of protecting hens 

 and their charges, 86, 87 ; treat- 

 ment when hatching, 91-94 ; 

 how to move to the rearing field, 

 97-99 ; when to dispense with, 

 107 



Hertfordshire, pheasant rearing in, 

 ii. 37 



Horn for signalling beaters, ii. 201 



Hungarian partridges, ii. 259 



Hutchinson, Col., his treatise on 

 dogs for shooting purposes, ii. 

 209, 464 



INVERNESS, ii. 297 



JACKDAWS, ii. 28, 75 

 Jays, ii. 75 ; three reasons for 

 shooting, l'.i.j 



