Red Deer: Natural HistoryLongmans, Green and Company, 1896 - 320 pages |
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... haunch of waste venison would no more come amiss to his hungry paunch than a gamey specimen of Herdwick mutton . It is in the centre of these remote mountains , re- moved a breathing space from electric bells and shrieking engines and ...
... haunch of waste venison would no more come amiss to his hungry paunch than a gamey specimen of Herdwick mutton . It is in the centre of these remote mountains , re- moved a breathing space from electric bells and shrieking engines and ...
Page 147
... haunch which is to be sent to a friend , while it won't keep more than a day or two even in your own larder . Before leaving the subject of wind it may be interesting to remark that , while the keen sense of scent possessed by red deer ...
... haunch which is to be sent to a friend , while it won't keep more than a day or two even in your own larder . Before leaving the subject of wind it may be interesting to remark that , while the keen sense of scent possessed by red deer ...
Page 156
... haunch often causes an amount of bleeding that leads the inexperienced sportsman to believe the wound is severe , and to insist on the dog being loosed . The wary forester ought to resist any such invitation , if he is careful of his ...
... haunch often causes an amount of bleeding that leads the inexperienced sportsman to believe the wound is severe , and to insist on the dog being loosed . The wary forester ought to resist any such invitation , if he is careful of his ...
Page 271
... haunches weighed above 40 lbs . ( each ) . Of course it is easy to cut a haunch so as to weigh a few pounds more or less ; but 40 lbs . would be a very moderate weight for a haunch now . The lightest of fourteen stags weighed at the ...
... haunches weighed above 40 lbs . ( each ) . Of course it is easy to cut a haunch so as to weigh a few pounds more or less ; but 40 lbs . would be a very moderate weight for a haunch now . The lightest of fourteen stags weighed at the ...
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... haunch of venison or hind - quarter of antelope , the destinies of great part of the world would have been altered . No Count Julian would ever have opened Europe to the Arab hosts ; the Alhambra , the Alcazar of Seville , the many ...
... haunch of venison or hind - quarter of antelope , the destinies of great part of the world would have been altered . No Count Julian would ever have opened Europe to the Arab hosts ; the Alhambra , the Alcazar of Seville , the many ...
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