INDEX 



521 



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overt, li'iii ; manage- 

 ment of covert shooting by owner 

 i\ keeper, KiT. ItiS ; how to show 

 1 ; how to drive 

 coverts, illustrated : Example 

 I., how to show good sport, 

 170-173; Example II., isolated 

 covt x ample III., 



on showing high birds, 175-178 ; 

 i making birds fly 

 well in a level country, 178-181 ; 

 uples V. und VI., driving 

 among hi -3; how to 



drive out a corner, 184, 185; 

 iple VII.. how to drive out a 

 woo- mple VIII., 



how to force birds to rise high, 

 how to count dead birds, 

 how to make rising corners, 

 n beating coverts, 192; 

 a shooting sanctum sanctorum, 

 : short v. long beats, 

 on following the birds 

 up. l'.5 ; how to post the guns, 

 rous practices and 

 companions : woodcock shooting 

 in covert. In 7 : the ' jungle 

 hunter,' 197, 198 ; how to change 

 the position of guns, 198, 199 ; 

 >nduct and duties of beaters, 

 and stops, 201-203; 

 poachers and osier beds, 203 ; 

 how to load at a ' hot corner,' 

 stray birds 

 :i driving partridges, 232 



. ggs, how to procure, 

 ii. 'J") : will egga and how to 

 gather th : proportion 



hatched, 26, 53 ; when to gather 

 wild eggs, 27, 30, 31; partially 

 incubated eggs, 31 ; dealers' eggs : 

 which to purchase, 35, 36 ; 

 early and late eggs, 36 ; price, 

 hoice of dealers, 36 ; eggs 

 from your own aviary, 37, 38; 

 number produced by an aviary 

 of six pens. 44 ; Col. Wingrield 

 on the production of, 



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collecting them in the pens, 68 ; 

 treatment of eggs before setting, 

 75, 76 ; setting the eggs under 

 the hens, 77 



:ol hands, disadvantages of, i. 

 52 ; a cure for ' sore finger,' 151 



Plantations, how to protect from 



rabbits, ii. 415-417 

 ; Poachers, ii. 141, 142, 203 



Pointers, game shooting over, and 

 driving contrasted, ii. 2-4, 9, 12, 

 13 ; partridge snooting with, 

 207, 208 ; grouse shooting with 

 the aid of, 263-268, 279-297; 

 the education of, 465 



Pointsmen, duties and positions of 

 in a grouse drive, ii. 325-337; 

 flags for, 373 



Powder, black, and nitre-com- 

 pounds, i. 198 ; advantages and 

 drawbacks of the former, 198- 

 205; Schultze, 199; EC, 200, 

 201 ; Lord de Grey and Messrs. 

 Curtis & Harvey's No. 2, 200 ; 

 their No. 4 compared with 

 Schultze or EC, 201; gun 

 headaches and the use of nitro- 

 compounds, 201 ; nitro-com- 

 pound cartridges not so safe as 

 black powder, 202 ; author's pre- 

 ference for the nitro-compounds, 

 202-205; effect of temperature 

 on the latter, 203 ; black powder 

 superior in this respect, 203, 

 204 ; causes of recoil when using 

 nitro-compound, 204; the most 

 suitable compounds and powders 

 to use, 204, 205 ; for grouse 

 shooting and driving, ii. 369, 370 



Preserves. See Game preserves ; 

 Partridge preserves ; and Phea- 

 sant rearing 



Prices of guns, i. 8, 9, 17, 20, 21, 

 24, 30 



Sir Eichard, on gun head- 

 aches, i. 201 



