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 97
s; the tool used—it is commonly a dogs tooth set in a stick.Burrow, s. Holes made in the ground by rabbits.Burrow, v. To mine as conies or rabbits.Burst, v. To break suddenly. Burst, s. A cry of bounds. Bus] THE FIELD BOOK. Burt, s. A flat fish of the turbot kind. Bush, s. A thick shrub. Bushel, s.… … Great Bustard This very singular bird, which is the largest of our land birds, is aboutfour feet long, and weighs from twenty-five tothirty pounds; its characters are peculiar, andwith such as connect it with birds of the gal-linaceous kind, it has others which seem tobelong to the ostrich and the…
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