The field book : or, Sports and pastimes of the United kingdom ; compiled from the best authorities, ancient and modern (1833)
Maxwell, W. H. (William Hamilton), 1792-1850 · London : E. Wilson · leaf 141
e worth aworld of precept: one weeks cooking in themoors will render him for life an adept; andif gun and angle fail him not, he will be ableto command a dinner, without owing to thodevil the compliment of a bad cook— WildSports. frequently be worth a Jews eye; but Coolness, s. Gentle cold, a soft… … Its characteristics are, bill strong, thick, I mandible rising far up into the forehead ;sloping to a point; the base of the upper | both mandibles of equal length; nostrils 128 THE FIELD BOOK. [Coo inclining to oval, narrow, short; body com-pressed; wings and tail short; toes Long,furnished with…
Horses · Sports -- Great Britain · Sports · Amusements -- Great Britain
Internet Archive · Boston Library Consortium · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.
