INDEX. 



485 



Godwit, 243 

 Goose, Snow — 



habits, 314 



description, 315 

 Goose, Canada — 



well known, 311 



widely spread over the country, 311 



habits, 311, 312, 313 



appearance on the Delaware, 312 



journey through Canada, 312 



great slaughter, 312 



Pennat's history of Geese at the 

 North, 312 



passage through Eastern States, 313 



habits, 313, 314 



domestication in England, 313 



how shot, 313 



description, 314 



terms applicable to, 42 

 Gratz, David — 



White Partridge in possession of, 81 

 Gravy Thickenings — 



importance in cooking, 452 

 Greater-Yellow Shanks, 243 

 Greener — 



remarks on Gunpowder, 385 



comments on properly loading, 391 



remarks on brazing guns, 419 



staining gun-barrels, 421 



his remarks on, 422, 423 



comments on stub-twist barrels, 429 



on Damascus barrels, 429, 430 

 Grouse, Pinnated, 146 



Prairie Hen, 146 



Tetrao Cupido, 146 



description of, 146 



location, 147, 148 



period of pairing, 149 



tooting of the, 149 



Audubon's remarks, 149 



domestication of, 150 



flight of the, 151 



feeding and roosting, 152 



time for shooting, 153 



other varieties, 153 



useful hints, 154 



terms applicable to, 41 

 Grouse, Ruffed, 134 



Pheasant, 134 



Tetrao Umbellus, 134 



locality, 134 



nomenclature, 135 



description, 135 



confounded with Prairie lien, 136 



their gradual destruction, 136 



incubation, 137 



Drumming, 138 



their battles, 138 



migrations, 138 



Grouse — continued. 



flight of the, 139 



habits, 139 



their flesh poisonous, 140 



enemies of the, 141 



their flesh, 141 



a feast of English, 141 



modes of shooting, 142, 143 



treeing, 143 



shooting with a Setter, 144 



snares, etc., 144 



useful memoranda, 145 



terms applicable to, 41 

 Gun— 



the first desidei-atum a good, 48 



nicety in handling a, 50 



gentle movement of the, 57 



never beat bushes with the, 59 



holding the, 344, 345 



cocking the, 344, 345 



caution as to loading, 347 



one barrel used more than the other, 

 352 



nipple of the, 356 



pivot, 356 



cock, striker, or hammer, 357 



importance of clean, 365 



caution as to cleaning, 366, 367 



mode to clean, 375, 376 



leading of barrels, 376 



prevent rusting, 377, 378, 379 



stocking of, 379 



locks for, 382 



loading, 390 



Greener's remarks on loading, 891 



comments by the Author, 392, 393 



bursting of, 393 



Commodore Stockton's experi- 

 ments, 393 



Author's views, 394, 395, &c. &c. 



recoil of, 398 



kicking of, 398 



cause of recoil, 399, 400 



experiments to prove it, 400 



Commodore Stockton's views as to 

 recoil in, 401 



Author's views, 401, 402 



ancient, 406 



the various parts of a, 407 



AVestley Richards, his, 411, 412, 

 413 



welding barrels, 416 



boring, 417 



grinding, 418 



turning, 418 



brazing and breeching, 419 



proving, 419 



staining, 421 



Greener's recipe, 421 



