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INDEX. 



Gun — continued. 



Greener's remarks on staining, 422, 

 423 



metal used in manufacture of, 425 



stub-twist barrels, 425 



from what made, 426 



wire-twist barrels, 428 



Greener's views, 429 



Damascus barrels, 429 



charcoal iron for, 430 



other kinds of metal, 431 



wood for stocking, 431 

 Gunpowder- 

 origin of, 883 



known to the ancients, 383 



known to the Chinese, 383 



English Sporting, 384 



Dupont's American, 384 



varieties of, 384 



Greener's comments on, 385, 386 



experience of Duck Shooters, 385, 

 386 



glazed, 387 



tests for, 387 



Epreuvette, or powder prover, 387, 

 388 



preserve from moisture, 388, 389, 

 390 



introduction of, 403 



used in China, 403 



Alexander the Great's fear of, 404 

 Gunsmiths — 



those of New York and Philadel- 

 phia, 414, 415 



those of England, 415 



H 



Hammer or cock of gun, 357 

 Hanger, General George — 



receipt for Sportsman's beef, 454 



his lotion or cure-all, 476 

 Hare or Rabbit — 



Lepus sylvaticus, 320 



description. 320, 321 



locality, 321 



general characteristics, 321 



not a true Rabbit, 322 



striking peculiarities of the, 322, 

 323, 324, 325 



food of, 325 



flesh of, 326 



hunting, 327 



domesticated, 328 



cry of, 328 



enemies of, 328 



different varieties, 329 



useful memoranda, 829, 330 



terms applicable, 41 



Hawks — 



primary feathers in, 34 

 Hawker, Colonel — 



on AVild Fowl shooting, 245 



experience on approaching Wild 

 Fowl, 248, 249 



remarks on Wild Fowl shooting, 

 385 



Magnus Apollo, 295 



dressing for Boots, 371 



receipt for a " good mess," 448 

 Hearing — 



organs of, 33 

 Heels, galled, 470 



treatment of, 471 

 Hellebore — 



Quails poisoned by feeding on, 79 

 Hemorrhage 



of Birds, 402 



how to stop, 403 



in man, 679 

 Henry VIII.— 



Turkey introduced into England 

 during his reign, 128 



Cannon first used in his reign, 

 406 

 • Henry IV. of France — 



extraordinary flight of his Falcon, 

 250 

 Hercules, 404 

 Hominum Servatorem, 437 

 Hubbell— 



Rail shooting exploits, 216 

 Hygiene, 464 



general remarks, 464 



atmospheric vicissitudes, 464 



caution to Sportsmen, 465 



overheated, 460 



state of the atmosphere, 466 



diet and drink, 468 



sleep, 469 



little sleep required by Frederick 

 the Great, 470 

 " " Napoleon, 470 



galled heels, 470 



corns on the feet, 471 



to get rid of them, 471 



falf, 474 



sprain, 474 



blow, 474 



treatment of, 475 



burn, 477 



treatment of, 477 



eye wounded, 477 



treatment of, 477, 478 



sore throat, 478 



treatment of, 478 



hemorrhage, 479 



to stop a, 479 



