INDEX 



523 



SHO 



-hapes of single and double, 

 31U-3-2:-i ; safety frames for 

 shelters, 359-362 ; shelters for 

 woodpigeon shooting, 455-461 



Shooting, modern methods, i. 2,3; 

 driving, 3 ; at flying game, early 

 practice of, 7 ; importance of a 

 good gun for wild fowl, 10 ; guns 

 .ble for game, 51 ; disadvan- 

 - of dual pattern barrels, 52, 

 with choke and cylinder 

 bores, 69-90 ; safe shooting, 91 ; 

 how accidents happen, and 

 how to prevent them, 92-94 ; 

 dangerous practices of care- 

 less and other sportsmen, 95- 

 100, ii. 166; advice concern- 

 ing loaders, i. 100-105 ; extract 

 loaded cartridges when crossing 

 obstacles, 102 ; how to carry a 

 gun, 105-107 ; sportsmanlike 

 shooting, 109 ; fair shooting, 109, 

 110; shots too near, 110-112; 

 too far, 112-116, anecdotes con- 

 cerning, 113, 114; etiquette of 

 shooting, 116-126; eyesight in its 

 relation to correct shooting, 164- 

 ITii: with both eyes, 170-172. 

 See Etiquette of shooting ; Game 

 shooting ; Grouse shooting, &c. 



Shot, the best sizes to use, i. 206- 

 211; chilled r. soft, 211-214; 

 the glancing of shot, 214, 215 ; 

 on special loads for long shots, 

 215-219 ; recoil, 219, 220 



Shropshire, pheasant rearing in, 

 ii. 53 



Sledge, use of when grouse shoot- 

 ing, ii. 293-295 



Sleevelet, for cartridge carriers, i. 

 248 



Sleeves, shooting, for grouse, ii. 

 374 



Snap-shooting, dangers of, i. 95 



Sore finger,' when shooting, i. 150 ; 

 cure for, 151 ; causes of, ii. 368 



Spaniels, ii. 7, 8, 209, 354, 370, 371, 

 377 



THI 



Speedy, Mr., his work on sport in 

 Scotland, ii. 357 



Stoats, ii. 75, 95, 301 



Stock dove, ii. 462, 463 



Stocks of guns, i. 16; their fit, 

 37, 38; result of bad fitting, 

 150 



Stops, positions of, when pheasant 

 driving, ii. 170-180 ; when to 

 teach them their duties, 200 ; 

 ' king of the stops,' an impor- 

 tant functionary, 201, 202 ; duties 

 of stops, 202 ; positions of when 

 walking up partridges, 224-226 ; 

 duties when driving partridges, 

 245-247 ; illustrated positions of, 

 246 



Suffolk, characteristics of an or- 

 dinary covert, ii. 7 ; pheasant 

 rearing in, 32, 37; partridge 

 driving in, 234 



Swaffham, Norfolk, partridge 

 shooting at, ii. 252 



Swing, explanation of the term, i. 

 131 



TARGET, experiments for testing 

 guns, remarks on, i. 221 ; loading 

 for experiments, 222-224; pat- 

 terns of guns: the meaning of 

 pattern, 225 ; various patterns, 

 225-227 ; even spread : example 

 of a good pattern, 227, 228 ; 

 irregular spread : examples of 

 bad patterns, 229, 230; accuracy, 

 230-234; penetration, 234-237 ; 

 of various bores with Pettitt's 

 pads, 237, 238; the author's 

 mode of testing, illustrated, 239- 

 241 ; other modes, 241, 242 



Terriers, ii. 377, 390 



Tether for pheasant-rearing hens, 

 ii. 85 



Thetford, Norfolk, partridge shoot- 

 ing at, ii. 252 



Thirkleby, Sir Thomas Frankland 

 of, ii. 11 



