INDEX 
Game-Laws, 322-338 
Game Licences Act, 1860, 322-324 
Game, Reservation of, 323 
Grazing Tenants, 331 
Ground Game Act, 1880, 330-337 
,, ,, Amendment Act, 1906, 337 
Gun Licence Act, 1870, 334 
Gunpowder, History of, 281, 298 
,, Smokeless, 310, 311, 314, 316 
Guns and Rifles, History of Gunpowder, 281, 298 
Evolution of, 281-321 
Earliest Firearms, 282 
From Crossbow to Wheel-lock, 285 
Matchlock Gunner, 285 
Invention of Rifling, 286 
First mentioned by SirHugh Plat, 1594, 287 
Flint and Steel, 287 
Snap-haunce, 287 
Sporting Guns, 1515, 288 
Foreign makers, 288, 291, 292 
Charges, 289 
Legislative Restrictions, 290 
Proof of Guns, 291 
Prices in Eighteenth Century, 292 
Old Books on Shooting, 293-294 
Shooting Flying, 294 
Material for Gun-barrels, 294-296 
Improvements by Nock, 297 
„ Manton, 297, 298, 309 
,, Forsyth, 298 
„ Col. Hawker, 299 
Lengths and Bores, 293-300 
Perfection of Muzzle-loader, 300 
Introduction of Breech-loading, 301, 302 
Lefaucheux Pinfire Gun, 303, 306 
Gas-tight ditto, 305 
Pinfire Cartridges, 305 
Steel Barrels, 307 
Ejectors, 308 
Hammerless Guns, 308 
Improved Lock Mechanism, 308 
Single Trigger Gun, 309 
Under and Over Barrels, 310 
Smokeless Powders, 310-311, 314, 316 
Repeating Guns and Rifles, 311, 317 
Sporting Rifles, 312 
Bullets, 314-316 
Wildfowl and Punt Guns, 318 
Whaling Guns, 319 
Air Guns, 320 
Hammerless Guns, 308 
Hare, Common, In Olden Times, 174 
,, ,, Treatises on Hunting, 174-176 
,, ,, Comparison with Mountain Hare, 176-179 
,, ,, Description and Colour, 179 
,, ,, Varieties, 180 
„ ,, White Hares, 180 
