THE 



SHOT-GUN AND SPOETING EIFLE, 



BOOK I. 



VARIETIES OF SHOOTING. 

 CHAPTER I. 



INTRODUCTORY. 



GENERAL REMARKS FIRST LESSONS IN SHOOTING HEDGE POPPING 



ROOK SHOOTING WITH THE SHOT-GUN AND RIFLE. 



THE object of the following pages is to afford assistance to 

 the young sportsman in the use of the shot-gun and rifle, 

 and in the selection of the kinds of each best suited to the 

 particular sport which may be chosen for his amusement. 

 It must be obvious, that in the early stages of this inquiry 

 something must be taken for granted, because, without a 

 knowledge of the exact purposes for which a gun is wanted, 

 it cannot be advantageously chosen; and, in the same way, 

 those purposes cannot be fully entered into, unless the 

 reader is acquainted with the accessories to his sport which 

 may be essential to it. For the sake of convenience, the 

 plan will be here adopted of giving a general description 

 in Book I. of the various kinds of shooting; the more 

 detailed particulars of the dogs, guns, rifles, &c., employed 

 being added in the subsequent books. 



Whenever, therefore, the reader wants to know, for 

 instance, how to load his gun or rifle, or the kind best suited 

 to his purpose, he must search in Book IY. for what he 

 wants; while the dogs, ponies, &c., used with the gun, will 



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