44 Ancient Books. 



259. COUNTRY GENTLEMAN'S COMPANION, OR SPORTSMAN'S 

 DICTIONARY. London, 2 vols. 4to, 1744; in 12mo, 1755 ; 

 an edition in 8vo, Dublin, 1756. 



260. LIGHT TO THE ART OF GUNNERY ; or Sea Gunner's 

 Companion. . . . with the most necessary conclu- 

 sions for the Practice of Gunnery, either in land or sea 

 service. Captain Thomas Binning, mariner. London, 

 1744. Small 4to, 114 pp., 2 plates, tables, diagrams. 



261. DOCTRINE OF PROJECTILES : Demonstrated and 

 applied to the most useful problems in practical 

 gunnery. William Starrat. Published by subscription 

 and dedicated to the Fellows of Trinity College, 

 Dublin. Has list of subscribers. Dublin, 1746. Svo, 

 pp. xii, 176, 4 plates. 



262. ATTACK AND DEFENCE OF FORTIFIED PLACES. John 

 Midler. The first of a number of technical books 

 by a "Professor of Artillery and Fortification." 

 London, 1747. Svo, 3 parts. 



263 PRACTICAL SEA-GUNNER'S COMPANION. An intro- 

 duction to the Art of Gunnery. William Mountain, 

 F.R.8. Might be more aptly named a Treatise on 

 Arithmetic -and Elementary Mathematics. Is based 

 on Povey and Binning. Rumpf gives date as 1747. 

 London, 1747, 1750, 1781 ; 127 pp. The 1781 edition 

 has addenda, 7 pp., plates and figures. 



264. POEM. COMPLEAT MARKSMAN. Hon. R. Coote. On 

 the art of shooting flying. London, 1755. 8vo. 



265. TREATISE ON THE PRACTICAL PART OF FORTIFICA- 

 TION. John Mutter. A work written "for the use of 

 the Royal Artillery at Woolwich." London, 1755, 

 Svo, 28 copper plates. 



266. EASY INTRODUCTION to Practical Gunnery, or the 

 Art of Engineering. Francis Holliday. A work on 



