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... killing them not omitting the methods employed by the poacher - is explained with special regard to modern de- velopments , and they are only left when on the table in the most appetising forms which the delicate science of cookery has ...
... killing them not omitting the methods employed by the poacher - is explained with special regard to modern de- velopments , and they are only left when on the table in the most appetising forms which the delicate science of cookery has ...
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... kill , many say the most sport- ing ; the gunner who is fortunate enough to bring a ' cock to bag while covert - shooting carries the honours of the day ; and the average sportsman thinks far more of killing a woodcock than of killing ...
... kill , many say the most sport- ing ; the gunner who is fortunate enough to bring a ' cock to bag while covert - shooting carries the honours of the day ; and the average sportsman thinks far more of killing a woodcock than of killing ...
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... killed ? Whatever the proportion may be , we can only say in the ordinary way of speaking that the ' cock is an ... killing a very occasional ' cock by the covert side , there will be but one who is ever able to take part in what may be ...
... killed ? Whatever the proportion may be , we can only say in the ordinary way of speaking that the ' cock is an ... killing a very occasional ' cock by the covert side , there will be but one who is ever able to take part in what may be ...
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... sea shore . Brown snipe keep in large wisps , and fly in close formation like the stint . Upwards of a hundred have been killed at a shot by American coast gunners . The length of the brown snipe is about 10 in IO THE SNIPE.
... sea shore . Brown snipe keep in large wisps , and fly in close formation like the stint . Upwards of a hundred have been killed at a shot by American coast gunners . The length of the brown snipe is about 10 in IO THE SNIPE.
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... killed weighing as much as IO OZ . The great snipe has never been known to breed with us . THE JACK SNIPE . Coming to the jack snipe , we find ourselves on more familiar ground , for the diminutive bird is well known . to every one ...
... killed weighing as much as IO OZ . The great snipe has never been known to breed with us . THE JACK SNIPE . Coming to the jack snipe , we find ourselves on more familiar ground , for the diminutive bird is well known . to every one ...
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