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... , besides the seeds of a quantity of plants as multifarious as the insects it consumes in summer , spring , and a portion of the autumn . Any further insight into the natural history of the pheasant Pheasants - Natural History . 5.
... , besides the seeds of a quantity of plants as multifarious as the insects it consumes in summer , spring , and a portion of the autumn . Any further insight into the natural history of the pheasant Pheasants - Natural History . 5.
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William Carnegie. Any further insight into the natural history of the pheasant is only to be gained by actual observation . The short outline we are able to give of its daily and yearly existence should form a foundation whereon to build ...
William Carnegie. Any further insight into the natural history of the pheasant is only to be gained by actual observation . The short outline we are able to give of its daily and yearly existence should form a foundation whereon to build ...
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... further instructions , as any modifications would suggest themselves to the preserver when necessary . The most practical , and at the same time the most satisfactory , manner of maintaining the same quantity of pheasants annually , is ...
... further instructions , as any modifications would suggest themselves to the preserver when necessary . The most practical , and at the same time the most satisfactory , manner of maintaining the same quantity of pheasants annually , is ...
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... further later on . The bought eggs are of course set off under hens , and the chicks hand - reared and turned out as soon as they are matured enough to look after themselves . They will require feeding somewhat carefully at first , but ...
... further later on . The bought eggs are of course set off under hens , and the chicks hand - reared and turned out as soon as they are matured enough to look after themselves . They will require feeding somewhat carefully at first , but ...
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... further instructions , as any modifications would suggest themselves to the preserver when necessary . The most practical , and at the same time the most satisfactory , manner of maintaining the same quantity of pheasants annually , is ...
... further instructions , as any modifications would suggest themselves to the preserver when necessary . The most practical , and at the same time the most satisfactory , manner of maintaining the same quantity of pheasants annually , is ...
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Practical Game-Preserving: A Complete Guide to the Rearing and Preservation ... William Carnegie No preview available - 2015 |
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Page 514 - ... (c.) Every person so authorised by the occupier, on demand by any person having a concurrent right to take and kill the ground game on the land or any person authorised by him in writing to make such demand, shall produce to the person so demanding the document by which he is authorised, and in default he shall not be deemed to be an authorised person...
Page 512 - ... of money not exceeding five shillings, in addition to the costs, unless such person shall prove that the said wild bird was either killed or taken, or bought, or received during the period in which such wild bird could be legally killed or taken, or from some person residing out of the United Kingdom. This section shall not apply to the owner or occupier of any land, or to any person authorised by the owner or occupier of any land, killing or taking any wild bird on such land not included in...
Page 515 - Save as aforesaid, but subject as in section six hereafter mentioned, the occupier may exercise any other or more extensive right which he may possess in respect of ground game or other game, in the same manner and to the same extent as if this Act had not passed.
Page 514 - Provided that the right conferred on the occupier by this section shall be subject to the following limitations : (1) The occupier shall kill and take ground game only by himself or by persons duly authorised by him in writing : (a) The occupier himself and one other person authorised in writing by such occupier...
Page 508 - ... or shall take or kill, by any means whatever, or shall assist in any manner in the taking or killing, by any means whatever, any game, or any woodcock, snipe, quail, or landrail, or any coney, — by virtue of any deputation or appointment, duly registered or entered as gamekeeper, for any manor or royalty in England, Wales, or Berwick-upon-Tweed, or for any lands in Scotland...
Page 514 - No person shall be authorised by the occupier to kill or take ground game, except members of his household resident on the land in his occupation, persons in his ordinary service on such land, and any one other person bona fide employed by him for reward in the taking and destruction of ground game...
Page 512 - Any person who between the first day of March and the first day of August in any year after the passing of this Act shall knowingly and wilfully shoot or attempt to shoot, or shall use any boat for the purpose of shooting or causing to be shot, any wild bird, or shall use any lime, trap, snare, net, or other instrument for the purpose of taking any wild bird, or shall expose or offer for sale, or...
Page 541 - BOOK OF THE GOAT: Containing Practical Directions for the Management of the Milch Goat in Health and Disease. Illustrated. By H. STEPHEN HOLMES PEGLER. Cheap edition, in paper, prioe Is., by poat, Is, Id. PIG KEEPING FOR AMATEURS: A Practical Guide to the Profitable Management of Pigs. By G. GILBERT ("Gurth.
Page 516 - ground game " mean hares and rabbits. 9 . A person acting in accordance with this Act shall not thereby be subject to any proceedings or penalties in pursuance of any law or statute. 10. Nothing in this Act shall authorise the killing or taking of ground game on any days or seasons, or by any methods, prohibited by any Act of Parliament in force at the time of the passing of this Act.
Page 515 - ... in some person other than the occupier, the occupier shall not be entitled under this Act until the determination of that contract to kill and take ground game on such land. And in Scotland, when the right to kill and take ground game is vested by operation of law or otherwise in some person other than the occupier, the occupier shall not be entitled by virtue of this Act to kill or take ground game during the currency of any lease or contract of tenancy under which he holds at the passing of...