The Field Book: Or, Sports and Pastimes of the United Kingdom: Compiled from the Best Authorities, Ancient and ModernEffingham Wilson, Royal Exchange, 1833 - 616 pages |
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... four drachms . AMPHIBIOUS , a . That which can live in two elements . ANAS , S. The generic name of the duck tribe . This genus , in which ornithologists have included all the Swans , Geese , and Ducks , amounts , according to the ...
... four drachms . AMPHIBIOUS , a . That which can live in two elements . ANAS , S. The generic name of the duck tribe . This genus , in which ornithologists have included all the Swans , Geese , and Ducks , amounts , according to the ...
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... four divisions , each four inches broad . The fishbasket , pannier , or creel , as they are made very neat and light in wicker - work , should be large enough to admit the fish to lie at full length ; they are thus better preserved ...
... four divisions , each four inches broad . The fishbasket , pannier , or creel , as they are made very neat and light in wicker - work , should be large enough to admit the fish to lie at full length ; they are thus better preserved ...
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... four pennyweights , made of yew , was considered by archers to be the best that could be made . The feathers of a goose should be used ; and the bird from which they are taken should be two or three years of age . In an arrow , it is ...
... four pennyweights , made of yew , was considered by archers to be the best that could be made . The feathers of a goose should be used ; and the bird from which they are taken should be two or three years of age . In an arrow , it is ...
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... four players , that is , two on either side ; or six , and then three are opposed to three . The same authority then speaks of a third game , called Ludus Lombardorum , the Game of Lombardy , and thus played : he who sits on the side ...
... four players , that is , two on either side ; or six , and then three are opposed to three . The same authority then speaks of a third game , called Ludus Lombardorum , the Game of Lombardy , and thus played : he who sits on the side ...
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... fours The chances to hit nine are six and three twice Five and four twice Two trois 2277 1 1 227 11 For hitting in all Chances for not hitting , remain 25 So that the odds are twenty - five to eleven against hitting either of these ...
... fours The chances to hit nine are six and three twice Five and four twice Two trois 2277 1 1 227 11 For hitting in all Chances for not hitting , remain 25 So that the odds are twenty - five to eleven against hitting either of these ...
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