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LETTERS TO YOUNG SHOOTERS 



TOM 



Toms, Mr. F., on the velocities of 



birds and shot, i. 158, 159 

 Tooth-Jbrushes, use of for gun 



cleaning, i. 193 

 Trap for taking young pheasants, 



ii. 59 



Traps for rabbits, ii. 419 

 Triggers, the proper resistance of, 



i. 149 ; causes of sore-finger, 150; 



cure for, 151 ; times taken by 



shooters to pull the trigger, 160- 



163 



Turtle dove, ii. 463 

 ' Try Gun,' Jones's, i. 43 



VASELINE as a preservative for 

 guns, i. 179-181 



Vermin, grouse and the destruction 

 of, ii. 10, 11, 272; the protection 

 of pheasants from, 21, 56, 70, 

 72, 74, 75, 95,96, 107, 111 ; and 

 partridges, 260 



WADDING, use of for muzzle-loaders, 



i. 3 



Wagering in the shooting-field, i. 125 



Wales, shooting in, ii. 298, 302 



Walsingham, Lord, and the ham- 

 mer gun, i. 25 ; his use of the 

 cylinder, 80 ; his Bluberhouse 

 Moor estate, ii. 11 



Weasels, ii. 21, 75, 95, 301 



Weight of guns, i. 43-46, 50-52 



Whatman, Mr. G. D., his extraordi- 

 nary shot "with an arrow, i. 163 



Whitworth's steel gun-barrels, i. 

 59-61 



Wild duck, i. 78 



Wildfowl shooting, importance of 

 a good gun for, i. 10 ; Kynoch's 

 cartridges for, 244 



Wild geese, i. 78 



Willow, use of in game preserves, 

 ii. 203 



Wingfield, Col. .C., oil pheasanf 



culture, ii. 53-55 

 ' Wiping a man's eye,' i. 117 

 Wire-brush (brass), for gun clean- 

 ing, i. 192, 193, 196, 197 

 Woodcock, i. 127 ; ii. 141, 197 

 Woodpigeon shooting, advantages 

 of nitro-compound, i. 199 ; cha- 

 racter of the sport, ii. 426, 

 427 ; four methods, 427 ; 

 first method described, 428-430 ; 

 choosing a hiding place, 430-433 ; 

 position* of the decoys, 433-437 ; 

 how to shoot, 437 ; on driving 

 the birds, 438, 439 ; when to fire, 

 439, 440 ; on shooting when 

 feeding in a wood, 440, 441 ; re- 

 move their crops when shot, 441 ; 

 shooting as they fly in to roost, 

 442; place of decoy, 442, 443; 

 habits of the birds, 442, 443; 

 how to stand to shoot, 443, 444 ; 

 suitable times for shooting, 445, 

 446 ; foggy weather favourable 

 to a good bag, 446 ; how to fix 

 decoys, illustrated, 447-451 ; use 

 of an assistant, 452 ; dress of 

 shooter, 452, 453 ; powder and 

 shot, 453, 454 ; stand for gun, 

 454 ; how to shoot as they feed 

 in the open, 455 ; the construc- 

 tion and use of an ambush, 455- 

 461 ; position of decoys, 456, 

 457 ; when to commence shoot- 

 ing, 456 ; illustrated position of 

 shooter, 458, 460 ; shooting in 

 snowy weather, 460, 461 ; live 

 decoys for this method, 461 ; 

 species : the ring, stock, rock, 

 and turtle dove, 461-463 

 Woodpigeons, how to catch, i. 

 259-263 



YORKSHIRE, grouse shooting in, ii. 9 



Spottisiroode & Go. Printers, Nnc-vtreet Square, London. 



