Remarks on shooting : in verse : comprehending the antiquity of the practice with bows and arrows, the amazing dexterity of the ancients with those weapons, and the great skill of the moderns with that more extraordinary one, the gun, respecting which almost every thing is laid down : the recent and admirable invention of the patent wire cartridge, for killing at greater distances than with loose charges : the shooter's accoutrements and dress : his dogs, their diseases and cure : the various descriptions of game and wildfowl : finding, and the way to become perfect in the fascinating art of shooting flying : interspersed with several original anecdotes and tales, and with many important observations and reflections for the safety and comfort of the sportsman : also, a succinct notice of the origin of game laws, and the farmer's universal right of sporting over his lands in his occupation, advocated, with those parts of the present game laws (also in verse) which relate to the shooter ... / by their brother of the gun, W. Watt.

2nd ed., rev. and much enl.

London : A.H. Baily, 1839.

xxiv, 288 p. : ill. ; 17 cm.

SML,Y In W34 835b: Prospectus, 4 p. bd. at end.

Poems.

English

June 01, 2002