A book for the true countryman of all ages. First published in the early
1900s, now reprinted in a fine-quality paperback edition for a new
generation. It will stir many nostalgic memories for older readers and
teach younger ones some new and unusual methods of taking various kinds
of quarry. Its seven illustrated chapters cover 166 pages and include
details and instructions on a fascinating variety of subjects, many of
them now long vanished. It's a truly readable book from a more innocent
age when the country was a freer place. We've reprinted this with
genuine pleasure. It describes the sporting activities of a generation
only just removed from ours but now separated forever by new legislation
and a change in attitudes amongst out-of-touch urbanites. My father
described it as 'almost a diary of my country childhood'. It is without
doubt the most interesting book we've ever sold and I defy anyone with
even a passing interest in the countryside or field sports to be able to
flick through it without becoming absorbed. I: SPORTS DEPENDING ON DOGS:
Badger-hunting; Stoat-hunting; Rat-hunting; Squirrel-hunting; Water-vole
and Moorhen hunting; Wild-rabbit coursing; Hedgehog finding; Dog-racing;
"Hunting the clean boot" II: SPORTS DEPENDING ON FERRETS: Ratting;
Rabbiting III: SPORTS DEPENDENT ON BIRDS: Hawking small birds; Trapping
and netting sparrows; Pigeon-racing; Tippler-flying; Hawking insects
with jackdaws IV: SPORTS REQUIRING A GUN OR RIFLE: Rook and rabbit
shooting; Sparrow and starling shooting; Wood-pigeon shooting; Shooting
game with a bow and arrows V: SPORT WITH FISHES: Wiring jack and pike;
Sniggling and spearing eels; Minnow and gudgeon fishing; Crayfish
catching VI: MISCELLANEOUS SPORTS: Finding the eggs of certain birds;
Viper-killing; Millipede-racing; Beetle-fighting VII: SOME MAJOR FIELD
SPORTS: In the hunting field; Fox-hunting
