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LETTERS TO YOUNG SHOOTERS 



JB 



JB cartridges, i. 204 



' Jerk,' explanation of the term, i. 



131 

 Jeyes' Fluid for hardening the feet, 



11. 296 



Jones' ' Try Gun,' i. 43 

 Jungle hunter, dangers from the, 



ii. 197 ; anecdote concerning, 198 



KEEPERS and covert shooting, i. 

 97 ; conduct of shooters toward, 

 121 ; and the care of guns, 183, 

 184 ; and straying birds, ii. 139 ; 

 wages of, 152, 153 ; not good 

 managers of a day's covert 

 shooting, 167; duties as skir- 

 mishers, 185 ; and poachers, 203 ; 

 demeanour when ' walking up ' 

 partridges, 218 ; as dog trainers, 

 288, 470, 471 ; adepts at finding 

 shot grouse, 355 



Kestrel, ii. 70 



Knapsack game-bag, i. 251-253 



Kynoch's grouse-case cartridges, 

 i. 244 



LANCASHIRE, grouse shooting in, ii. 



9 



Lancaster's EC cartridges, i. 204 

 Lateral movement in shooting, i. 



157-159 

 Leverets killed by buck rabbits, ii. 



425 

 Lincolnshire, large root fields of, 



and shooting over dogs, ii. 142 ; 



partridge driving in, 234 

 Liphook, Hampshire, pheasant 



rearing at, ii. 37 

 Loaders, position and duties, i. 100 ; 



conduct of shooters toward, 101- 



104 ; dangers when grouse shoot- 

 ing through incompetent, 104, 



105 ; instructions to, on how to 

 carry guns on rough ground, 

 107 ; how to load quickly at a 

 ' hot corner,' ii. 205, 206 ; duties 



NIT 



and positions of in a grouse 

 drive, 363-367 



Loading of guns, with black pow- 

 der and nitro-compounds, i. 198- 

 205; with shot, 206-211; chilled 

 v. soft shot, 211-214 ; the glancing 

 of shot, 214, 215; on special 

 loads for long shots, 215-219 ; 

 recoil, 219, 220; for target experi- 

 ments, 222-224 



Locks of guns, i. 15, 16 ; Brazier's 

 locks, 16 ; rebounding, 24 ; how 

 to clean and preserve, 180, 181 



London v. Birmingham guns, i. 

 20-22 



MACINTOSH COAT, its value to 

 the shooter, i. 250 



Maggots for pheasants, ii. 125, 126 



Magpies, ii. 28, 75 



Marking dead partridges, ii. 227, 

 228 ; and grouse, 352-359 



Montagu, Col. (1802), on the horse- 

 shoe mark on partridges, ii. 258 



Moor, the selection of. See Grouse 

 shooting 



Muzzle-loading guns, flint and de- 

 tonator, i. 1 ; disadvantages of 

 flint gun, 1, 2 ; suitable to sport- 

 ing customs of the time, 2 ; ex- 

 periments with flint, copper-cap 

 and breechloader, 3 ; reasons 

 why muzzle-loaders are inferior, 

 3, 4 ; dangers arising from the 

 use of, 5 



NAIL-BRUSHES, use of, for gun- 

 cleaning, i. 193 



Neatsfoot oil, as a preservative for 

 guns, i. 194 



Nesting-boxes for pheasant rearing. 

 See Coops 



Nets for rabbits, ii. 419 



Newmarket, Cambridge, partridge 

 driving at, ii. 233 



Nitro-compounds, advantages of 

 and objections to, i. 198-205 ; 



