CONTENTS. ix 



The Retriever. Notice of this field servant-of-all-work \ slight 

 biography of Venom, the property of the Author, one of the worthies 

 of this cosmopolite family from page 102 to 105 



CHAPTER VIII. Quail Shooting The Quail a bird of passage 

 Partial to Ireland Once common to our cockney Isle of Thanet 

 Growing more scarce every year Daniel's social sketch of this 

 migrate not much to its credit Natural History of the Common 

 Quail from page 106 to 112 



CHAPTER IX. Bustard Shooting A reminiscence of the amusement 

 No more leviathan gunnery of that sort to be had Former 

 fashion of its economy A rich episode touching the circumvention, 

 of a Bustard Natural History of the Great and Little Bustard 



from page 113 to 117 



CHAPTER X. Hare Shooting Vast quantities of Hares found in 

 closely preserved districts Their favourite resorts How best to 

 shoot them A touch of the philosophical Property of speed in 

 the Hare Natural History of the Hare ; its Domestic History 

 also from page 118 to 127 



CHAPTER XI. Rabbit Shooting Various ways of enjoying this pas- 

 time Some account of the best Time best adapted for approach- 

 ing the Rabbit Ditto, Place Most suitable methods for shooting 

 him These are many, and therefore every one may please his fancy 

 and his taste, with luck and onion sauce . . from page 128 to 131 



The Ferret. Ferreting How the animal and the amusement were 

 wont to be used, and abused, in former days Season for Ferreting, 

 and improved mode of treating the Ferret Management of Ferrets 

 General remarks upon them, in reference to our Recreations 

 particularly from page 132 to 135 



