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 518
wellregulated, should at first pull up hard, andthen draw progressively easier : because it re-quires an accession of force after it has reco- vered the first sudden escape from the scear-spring, otherwise it will go slow with a flint,and In- liable either to cause a snap, or allowtin- cock to be… … There are two different dogs which usually-pass under this denomination ; one being con-siderably larger than the other, and known bythe name of the springing spaniel; it is appli-cable to every kind of game in any country. The springer is supposed to have originatedin Great Britain, although it is…
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