The Amateur Poacher
by Richard Jefferies
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About this eBook
- Author
- Jefferies, Richard, 1848-1887
- Credits
- Malcolm Farmer and the PG Online Distributed Proofreading Team
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- SK: Agriculture: Hunting sports
- Subject
- Shooting
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 13730
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/13730
- Release Date
- October 12, 2004
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.The Amateur Poacher — by Richard Jefferies — Contents — PREFACE
- 2.THE AMATEUR POACHER
- 3.CHAPTER I THE FIRST GUN
- 4.CHAPTER II THE OLD PUNT: A CURIOUS “TURNPIKE”
- 5.CHAPTER III TREE-SHOOTING: A FISHING EXPEDITION
- 6.CHAPTER IV EGG-TIME. A “GIP”-TRAP
- 7.CHAPTER V WOODLAND TWILIGHT: TRAITORS ON THE GIBBET
- 8.CHAPTER VI LURCHER-LAND: “THE PARK”
- 9.CHAPTER VII OBY AND HIS SYSTEM: THE MOUCHER’S CALENDAR
- 10.CHAPTER VIII CHURCHYARD PHEASANTS: BEFORE THE BENCH
- 11.CHAPTER IX LUKE, THE RABBIT CONTRACTOR: THE BROOK-PATH
- 12.CHAPTER X FARMER WILLUM’S PLACE: SNIPE SHOOTING
- 13.CHAPTER XI FERRETING: A RABBIT-HUNTER
- 14.CHAPTER XII. A WINTER NIGHT: OLD TRICKS: PHEASANT-STALKING: MATCHLOCK versus BREECH-LOADER: CONCLUSION
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