CONTENTS 



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ANCIENT ACTIONS ........ i 



ANCIENT PISTOLS TO AUTOMATIC AND ELEPHANT RIFLES. . . 4 



ANCIENT AND MIDDLE AGE SHOOTING . . . . . 13 



ON THE CHOICE OF SHOT GUNS . . . . . -23 



SINGLE-TRIGGER DOUBLE GUNS . . . . . 52 



AMMUNITION ......... 56 



THE THEORY OF SHOOTING ....... 63 



THE PRACTICE OF SHOOTING. .... 69 



FORM IN GAME SHOOTING I . . . . . -76 



FORM IN GAME SHOOTING II . . . . . .82 



CRACK SHOTS I ........ 88 



CRACK SHOTS II ........ 94 



POINTERS AND SETTERS . . . . . . . 101 



THE POINTER ......... 126 



ENGLISH SETTERS . . . . . . . . 139 



STRENUOUS DOGS AND SPORT IN AMERICA . . . . . 151 



THE IRISH SETTER . . . . . . . .160 



THE BLACK-AND-TAN SETTER ...... 168 



RETRIEVERS AND THEIR BREAKING . . . . . .176 



THE LABRADOR RETRIEVER . . . . . . .191 



SPANIELS ......... 195 



GROUSE THAT LIE AND GROUSE THAT FLY ..... 204 



RED GROUSE ......... 214 



METHODS OF SHOOTING THE RED GROUSE . . . . -235 



THE LATEST METHODS OF PRESERVATION OF PARTRIDGES . . 246 



PARTRIDGE BAGS AND DRIVING ...... 259 



