The Oakleigh Shooting Code

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1836 edition. Excerpt: ... hills be again destined to be the scene of his exploits; the shooter looks down on the other hand, from his rocky summit, and, in bright relief, through the white rents in the clouds, sees the far-off meadows, and hamlets, the woods, the rivers, and the lake. The town and village, dome and farm, Each gives to each a double charm, Like pearls upon an Ethiop's arm! He rises, and renews his task. The invigorating influence of the bracing wind on the heights, lends the sportsman additional strength--he puts forth every effort, every nerve is strained--he feels an artificial glow after nature is exhausted, and returns to the cot where he had previously spent a sleepless night, to enjoy his glass of grog, and such a snooze as the citizen never knew! CXXXIII. FEEDING DOGS THE NIGHT PREVIOUS TO GROUSE-SHOOTING. We return to the night of the 11th of August. The does should be fed at nine o'clock with meal and milk, or oatcake. They should have as much as they will eat. The oat-meal should be scalded, or it will swell in the dog's stomach, and render the dog unfit for work. CXXXIV. THE GROUSE-SHOOTER SHOULD RISE AT AN EARLY HOUR. The grouse-shooter should give directions to be called at an early hour in the morning, calculating the time by his watch, and not by the house-clock, which may have a way of going peculiar to itself, and be an hour or two forward. cxxxv. THE GROUSE-SHOOTER SHOULD NOT INDULGE IN FULL CUPS THE NIGHT PREVIOUS TO GROUSE-SHOOTING. The grouse-shooter should retire before eleven (a late hour by-the-bye in the vicinity of a moor), or he may not feel as he could wish in the morning. This advice is the more necessary if he be not a member of a Temperance Society. His plea may be that he is not disposed to sleep, which in all...