The Shooter's Companion (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from The Shooter's CompanionBeautifully printed in Quarto, and embellished with Forty highly finished Copper-plate Engravings and numerous Wood Cuts, price Three Guineas in boards, The Sportsman's Repository, comprising a Series of highly-finished Engravings, representing the Horse and the Dog in all their varieties, executed in the Line Manner, by Mr John Scott, from original Paintings by Marshall, Reinagle, Gilpin, Stubbs, and Cooper, - accompanied with a comprehensive historical and systematic Description of the different Species of each, their appropriate Uses, Management, and Improvement, interspersed with Anecdotes of the most celebrated Horses and Dogs, and their Proprietors, also, a Variety of practical Information on Training and the Amusements of the Field.By the Author of "British Field Sports."It may be had in Six Parts, price 10s. 6d. each.2. Thoughts on Fox and Hare Hunting: in a series of Letters to a Friend. By Peter Beckford, Esq. With numerous Cuts. 14s.3. An Essay on Hunting, in which a great variety of most important Information is communicated under the Heads, Hunting, Lawfulness, Benefits, Pleasure, Pastime, Game, Scent, Hounds, the Horse, Huntsman, Sagacity, &c., In 8vo. 7s. - In 4 to, 12.4. British Field Sports, embracing Practical Instructions in Shooting, Hunting Coursing, Racing, Fishing, &c., with Observations on the Breaking and Training of Dogs and Horses, also, on the Management of Fowling Pieces, and all other Sporting Implements. By W. H. Scott. Second Edition, with' upwards of Sixty highly-finished Engravings. � 18s. demy 8vo. or, on royal paper, with Proof Plates, � 3s.5. A Practical Essay on Breaking and Training the English Spaniel and Pointer: with Instructions for Shooting Flying. By V. Dobson, Esq. Second Edition. 10s. 6d.6. The Sportsman's Progress, a Poem, descriptive of the Pleasures derived from Field Sports: with Thirteen Wood Cuts. 1s.7. Somervile's celebrated Poem of the Chase, to which is annexed, his Poem of Field Sports: with Memoirs of the Author, and an Essay on the Chase, by Edward Topham, Esq. The Engravings, by Mr. John Scott. 6s.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.