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 32
chment and coaxing ways as adog. This seems the general character ofthe Arab horses, to judge from what I haveseen in this country. It is not the fiery,dashing animal I had supposed, but withmore rationality about him, and more appa-rent confidence in his rider, than the majorityof English… … Archery is the art or exercise of shootingwith a how and arrow. In this island, archery was greatly en-couraged in former times, and many statuteswere made for the regulation thereof; whencethe English archers became the best in Eu-rope, and obtained many signal victories. TheArtillery Company of…
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