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Sport in the fields and woods / Richard Jefferies ; an anthology compiled by Rebecca Welshman.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jefferies, Richard, 1848-1887, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hunting--England.
- Hunting.
- Poaching--England.
- Poaching.
- Country life--England.
- Country life.
- Natural history.
- England.
- Natural history--England.
- Physical Description:
- iv, 219 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Ludlow, Shropshire : Merlin Unwin Books, 2017.
- Summary:
- An anthology of sporting articles written by author and naturalist Richard Jefferies (1848-1887) who made his living writing about the countryside in which he lived. Jefferies' powers of observation infuse his writing on the habits and habitat of his quarry, the techniques of fieldsports and the enjoyment of outdoor pursuits.
- Contents:
- A defence of sport
- Poaching on Exmoor
- The farmer loves his gun
- Shooting a rabbit
- The first gun
- The partidge and the hawk
- Hare coursing
- Game in the furrows
- The art of shooting
- A plea for pheasant shooting
- Thoughts in the stubbles
- Young partridges
- Choosing a gun
- Rook poachers
- The rabbit warren
- The gamekeeper's favourite gun
- Sleight-of-hand poaching
- The place of ambush
- Rabbit shooting
- The single-barrel gun
- The use of dogs in shooting
- The hunt
- Early in March
- Fishing for trout by the River Exe
- The hedgerow
- Hares boxing
- Poaching as a profession (part I)
- Poaching as a profession (part II)
- Technique in game shooting
- Wild-fowling
- Iron-bound December
- Wild fowl shooting
- Ploughing on the Sussex Downs
- Hedge miners
- An English homestead
- The wild thyme of the hills - Hunting on the estate
- The country in November
- Notes on the year
- An English deer park: the old manor-house ; the window seat ; the coomb ; shooting in the forest ; the deer ; the life of the forest
- About the hedges
- Pheasant poaching
- Willow tide
- A country walk in June
- Rabbiting
- The horse as a social force
- Snipe shooting at home
- A shortest day scene
- Partridges in 1880
- An oak leaf in December
- November days
- The squire's preserves
- A January night
- Snipes and moonlit sport
- The advent of spring
- The water colley.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-218).
- ISBN:
- 1910723401
- 9781910723401
- OCLC:
- 975425094
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