A Dictionary of Sports: Or, Companion to the Field, the Forest, and the Riverside. Containing Explanations of Every Term Applicable to Racing, Shooting, Hunting, Fishing, Hawking, Archery, Etc. ... With Essays Upon All National Amusements |
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... male nearly three feet long . The ground colour of the male is a dirty yellow , that of the female deeper . Its back is marked the whole length with a series of rhomboidal black spots , touching each other at the points ; the sides with ...
... male nearly three feet long . The ground colour of the male is a dirty yellow , that of the female deeper . Its back is marked the whole length with a series of rhomboidal black spots , touching each other at the points ; the sides with ...
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... male or female that can be pursued . It strengthens and braces the bodily frame , without that laborious exer- tion common to many games , every nerve and sinew being regularly brought into play without the risk of exposure to those ...
... male or female that can be pursued . It strengthens and braces the bodily frame , without that laborious exer- tion common to many games , every nerve and sinew being regularly brought into play without the risk of exposure to those ...
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... male is called the digging out a fox : you should also boar , and the female the sow . have a pail of water ready to refresh the terriers when they come out of the earth to take breath and cool themselves . It is no unusual thing to put ...
... male is called the digging out a fox : you should also boar , and the female the sow . have a pail of water ready to refresh the terriers when they come out of the earth to take breath and cool themselves . It is no unusual thing to put ...
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... male , which is not experienced in any other species taken by the London bird - ground . In the depth of winter ... males . The latter are distinguished from the females not only by their supe- rior size , but by a great swelling of the ...
... male , which is not experienced in any other species taken by the London bird - ground . In the depth of winter ... males . The latter are distinguished from the females not only by their supe- rior size , but by a great swelling of the ...
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... male chaffinches fly by them- selves , and in the flight precede the females ; but this is not peculiar to them ... males , and in their second of females , which may in part ac- count for the above observation . us , Great numbers of ...
... male chaffinches fly by them- selves , and in the flight precede the females ; but this is not peculiar to them ... males , and in their second of females , which may in part ac- count for the above observation . us , Great numbers of ...
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