INDEX. 



545 



Georgia, reed-birds in, 260. 

 German jagers, good marksmen, 99. 

 Gilman, Dr., article on venomous snakes, 

 122. 



curious experiments on snakes, 122. 

 Giraud, description of king rail, 281. 



statement about curlew, 291. 

 Gloves, use of, 363. 



importance of wearing, 409. 

 Gluttony among savages, 493. 

 Godman, comments on the migrations of 



squirrels, 405. 

 Golden plover, 296. 

 Good shooting, 160. 

 Good shot, 96. 

 Goose, Canada, 375. 



Anas Canadensis, 375. 



habits and haunts, 375. 



great numbers killed by the Indians, 

 376. 



Pennat's account of shooting, 376. 



easily domesticated, 377. 



how killed, 378. 



description, 378. 

 Goose, snow, 379. 



Anas hyperborea, 379. 



habits and haunts, 379. 



description, 379. 



laughing or grinning, 380. 

 Grass or field plover, 297. 

 Gratz, David, white partridge in his pos- 

 session, 132. 

 Greener, comments on gun-locks, 432. 



observations on loading guns, 442. 



remarks on brazing guns, 476. 

 Grouse, terms applicable to, 33. 



numbers killed, 139. 



cooking, 502. 

 Grouse, pinnated, 202. 



prairie chicken or hen, 202. 



Tetrao cupido, 202. 



description of, 203. 



location, 203. 



period of pairing, 205. 



tooting of the, 205. 



Audubon's remarks, 205. 



domestication of, 207. 



flight of the, 208. 



feeding and roosting, 208. 



time for shooting, 209. 



other varieties, 210. 

 Grouse, rufied, 189. 



pheasant, 189. 



Tetrao umbellus, 189. 



locality and nomenclature, 189. 



description of, 190. 



confounded with prairie chicken, 191. 



their gradual destruction, 191. 



incubation and drumming, 192. 



their battles and migrations, 193. 



flight of the, 194. 



habits, 195. 



their flesh poisonous, 195. 



enemies of the, 196. 



Grouse, their flesh, 196. 



a feast of English, 197. 



modes of shooting, 197. 



treeing, 198. 



shooting, with a setter, 199. 



snares, etc., 200. 

 Gun, selecting a, 97. 



handling the, 97. 



nicety of shooting with, 99. 



exploits with, 99. 



proper handling of, 105. 



never beat bushes with, 106. 



cannot be too careful with, 106. 



importance of clean, 415. 



to clean, 425. 



properly loading, 441. 



Greener's remarks on, 442. 



size and bore of, 443. 



bursting of, 444. 



experiments on recoil, 444. 



recoil in, 450. 



Commodore Stockton's experiments on 

 recoil, 452. 



author's views, 453. 



second-rate, 459. 



when first invented, 460. 



in the reign of Elizabeth, 460. 



in the reign of Henry VIII., 460. 



in the reign of Edward III., 460. 



necessity of a good, 461. 



the breech-loader, 462. (See BREECH- 

 LOADING GUNS.) 



welding barrels, 473. 



hammer-hardening, 474. 



boring, 474. 



grinding, 475. 



turning, 475. 



brazing, 476. 



Greener's remarks, 476. 



proving barrels, 477. 



forgery of the proof-marks, 477. 



Spanish barrels, 478. 



French barrels, 478. 



sham-dam guns, 478. 



park-palings, 478. 



made for the African market, 478. 



standing barrels, 479. 



metal used in the manufacture, 479. 



materials from which made, 480. 



care and labor bestowed upon, 481. 



deceptions practised, 482. 



spurious, 482. 



wire-twist for manufacturing, 483. 



Damascus barrels, 485. 



charcoal iron, 485. 



other kinds of metal used, 485. 



wood for stocking, 486. 



staining woods for stocking, 486. 

 Gunpowder, discovery of, 433. 



to whom attributed, 433. 



known to the Chinese, 433. 



English, Scotch, and French, 433. 



Dupont's, 434. 



varieties of, 434. 



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