INBEX. 



XXXI 



Gunpowder — continued. 



inquiries into the early ori- 

 gin of, 430. 



known to the Chinese, 431. 



discovery concealed, 431. 



reasons for concealment, 

 431. 



discovered by Berthold 

 Schwarz, 431. 



monument erected in com- 

 memoration of, 432. 



used by Edward III., 432. 



used by Henry VIII. 432. 



used by Elizabeth, 432. 



used in hand-goune, 432. 



used in wheel-lock goune, 

 432. 

 Gunsmiths of New York, 441. 



Philadelphia, 441. 

 England, 442. 



H 



Hammee or cock of the gun, 377. 

 Hand-goune — when invented, 432. 

 Hanger's, General George, lotion, 507. 



receipt for Sportsman's beef, 

 482. 

 Hare, American, 339. 



Gray Kabbit, 339. 



Lepus sylvaticus, 339. 



description, 339. 



locality and general characteristics, 



340. 

 not a rabbit, 340. 

 the speed of, 343. 

 a nocturnal animal, 344. 

 food of, 344. 

 flesh of, 345. 

 hunting, 346. 

 domestication, 347. 

 cry of the, enemies of the, 347. 

 varieties, 348. 

 cooking the, 483. 

 Bares, terms applicable to, 42. 



great abundance in Iowa, 63. 

 numbers destroyed. 91. 

 Havre-de-Grace, Partridges caught near, 



88. 

 Hawker, Colonel — 



on wild-fowl shooting, 260. 

 comments on wild fowl, 264. 

 the Magnus Apollo, 313. 

 dressing for shooting-boots, 393. 

 receipt for soup, 475. 



cooking of wild fowl, 

 477. 

 Hawks, the quill-feathers of, 34. 



conflicts with Partridges, 72. 

 destroy numbers of Partridges, 

 103. 



Hawks — continued. 



their boldness, 103. 

 the alarm they occasion, 103. 

 prey upon Ducks, 104. 

 sportsmen should kill, 104. 

 Heels, galled, how to treat, 500. 

 Hellebore, Quails feed on, 81. 



their flesh poisoned by, 81. 

 Hemorrhage, to preserve wounded bird 

 from, 490. 

 to stop accidental, 508. 

 Henry IV. of France — 



a falcon belonging to, 266. 

 its rapid flight, 266. 

 Henry VIII.— 



Wild Turkey introduced in the 



reign of, 137. 

 uses gunpowder, 432. 

 guns used by, 434. 

 Hercules, Egyptian, 430. 

 Hispania, coasts of, devastated, 136. 

 Hominum servatorem, 462. 

 Hubbell, great number of Rail killed by, 



231. 

 Hygiene — general remai'ks, 493. 



atmosphei'ic vicissitudes, 493. 



caution to sportsmen, 493. 



proper clothing, 493. 



an ounce of precaution, 494. 



" temperance, joy, and repose," 



494. 

 hot tea and coftee, 494. 

 catarrhs, rheumatism, 494. 

 overheated, 405. 



death caused by imprudence, 495. 

 state of the atmosphere, 495. 

 malarious districts, 496. 

 precautions to be adopted, 496. 

 noxious exhalations, 496. 

 diet and drink, 496. 

 exercise, perpetual motion, 497. 

 headache and malaise, 497. 

 pure water the best drink, 497. 

 fondness for vinous liquors, 497. 

 avoid drinking bad liquors, 498. 



Illinois, game-laws of, 93. 



abundance of Grouse in, 158. 

 Indiana, Grouse in, 158. 

 Indians regard with horror slaughter of 

 game, 184. 

 kill great numbers of Geese, 330 

 Iowa, abundance of game in, 63. 



Partridges in, 63. 

 Prairie Chickens, 68 

 Hares, 63. 

 Deer, 63. 

 Wolves, 63. 

 Bears, 63. 



