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Manoeuvring Curres, and other small Wildfowl; also Geese, 

 wild Swans, #c., with a disclosure of all the secrets for 

 getting at them in every way 375 



BOAT SHOOTING UNDER SAIL outside of Harbour 382 



Caution how to avoid the Accidents that too frequently 



happen in Sailing , 384 



Observations on Shooters, &c., in the Southampton River 386 



ARTIFICIAL ISLAND FOR CURLEWS, &>c 388 



WILDFOWL ARTILLERY, or Carriage for using a Stanchion- 

 gun on Land 391 



Invisible Approach : 392 



METHOD OF SHOOTING WILDFOWL IN FRANCE . . 395 

 French Hut Shooting ( Specific Instructions for every thing 



concerning) 397 



Italian Method of making Call Birds clamorous 398 



General Directions in using the Hut for each sort of 



' Wildfowl . . , . . 400 



Anecdote to prove the Superiority of the French Ducks as 

 Decoy Birds, in comparison to those which are bred in 

 England 401 



PUNTS, GUNS, *c., USED FOR SHOOTING IN THE 

 FENS '. 404 



Recent Information relative to the Fen Country in Norfolk 406 

 Mode of Working a Punt to Birds over a Sheet of Ice . . 407 



SHOOTING WILDFOWL ON VIRGINIA WATER 408 



DRESSING FOR PUNTS AND CANOES 410 



New Directions for Preserving and Painting them 410 



How to give Temporary Changes to their Colour for 

 different Weather 411 



BEST MEANS OF CONVEYING PUNTS, &. OVER 

 LAND 412 



SHOOTING WITH A SMALL GUN ON A RIVER, 8tc. 414 



