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 271
upper lip, with want of substance.Harness, s. The leather gear, &c, used to attach horses to carriages.Harness, v. To fix horses in their traces.Harpoon, s. A hearded dart with a line fastened to the handle, with which whales are struck and caught.Harquebuss, s. obs. Fr. Arquebuse. A handgun; a… … This dog; is now almost universally used inGreat Britain for hare hunting. He was ori-ginally generated in a double cross, betweenthe small beagle, the southern hound, and thedwarf fox. There are, however, various harriers pro-duced by crosses introduced in breeding, dic-tated by knowledge and…
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