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 584
rosty weather, from being, by nature,less obstructed in landing on the ice. If, on the other hand, you want a Newfound-land dog only as a retriever for covert shooting,then the case becomes different; as here yourequire a strong animal, that will easily trotthrough the young wood and high grass… … The weight of this bird varies from ten and I of the beak to the end of the tail is about four-a half to fifteen ounces; the length from the tip | teen inches, the breadth twenty-two ; the bill Wat] is rather more than an incli long, of a greenishyellow at the tip, and reddish towards the…
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