Field Book:
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共 261 题- THE FIELD BOOK.
- OR,
- SPORTS AND PASTIMES
- OF THE
- COMPILED FROM THE BEST AUTHORITIES,
- ANCIENT AND MODERN.
- BY
- THE AUTHOR OF “WILD SPORTS OF THE WEST.”
- INTRODUCTION.
- THE FIELD BOOK;
- OR,
- ACETATE OF ALUMINE (in dyeing)
- AGE, _s._
- AIR-CELLS OF BIRDS.
- ALPINE SPANIEL (_Canis Alpinus_), _s._
- AMERICAN GAME, _s._
- ANODYNE BALL.
- ANODYNE DRAUGHT, OR DRENCH.
- ANODYNE CARMINATIVE TINCTURE.
- ANTISEPTICS, _s._
- ANTISPASMODICS, _s._
- ANOTHER METHOD.
- ASTHMA IN DOGS.
- ASTRINGENT RECIPES.
- POWDERS.
- LOTIONS.
- OINTMENTS.
- ADDITIONAL RECIPES FOR INTERNAL ASTRINGENTS.
- BABILLARD, _s._ (_Curruca garrula_, BRISSON.)
- BADGER-HUNTING, _s._
- BANTAM, _s._
- BAWREL, _s._ A kind of hawk. _Obs._
- BAWSIN, _s._ A badger. _Obs._
- BEAN GOOSE, _s._
- BEARWARD, _s._ A keeper of bears. _Obs._
- The different games of billiards are—
- 16. If the striker hole the red ball, he wins three points.
- 18. If the striker hole his own off the red ball, he wins three points.
- 39. If the striker play with the wrong ball, it is a foul stroke.
- 64. He who will not play the game out, loses the same.
- BIRDS, METHOD OF PRESERVING.
- BLISTER OINTMENT.
- BLISTERING LINIMENT.
- LIQUID BLISTER.
- BOONK (_Ardea minuta_, LINN.), _s._
- As another good recipe, I should prefer the following one:—
- RECIPE.
- BRENT GOOSE (_Anas Bernicla_, LINN.; _Le Cravant_, BUFF.), _s._
- BROKEN KNEES, PASTE FOR.
- BROOD MARES.
- BULL TERRIER (_Canis Pugilis_), _s._
- BULL TROUT, BULGER, or SCARF, _s._
- BUSTARD, (_Otis Tarda_, LINN.; _L’Outarde_, _Buff._)
- CALIDRIS, (_Illiger_,) _s._ Sanderling, a genus thus characterised:—
- CAPERCALZIE, (_Urogallus vulgaris_, FLEM.), _s._
- CARDAMOM-SEEDS, _s._
- CARDS, _s._
- CARMINATIVE MIXTURES.
- 2. Anodyne carminative tincture 2 to 4 oz.
- CARRION CROW, (_Corvus corone_, LINN.; _Le Corneille_, BUFF.) _s._
- The points are thus calculated:—
- LAWS.
- RULES.
- The dose is from half a pint to a pint, or a pint and half.—_White._
- CATHARTIC BALL.
- SOLID CAUSTICS, STRONG.
- MILD CAUSTICS, SOLID.
- STRONG CAUSTICS, LIQUID.
- MILD CAUSTICS, LIQUID.
- Penalty for shooting without, 20_l._
- RULES FOR CHESS.
- APPLICATION TO SOME OF THE FOREGOING RULES.
- COLYMBUS (LATHAM.) _s._ A diver; a genus thus characterised:—
- CORDIALS.
- CORNCRAKE. (_Vide_ LANDRAIL.)
- REMEDIES.
- COUGH BALL.
- DRENCH FOR COUGH.
- COULTERNEB, (_Fratercula arctica_, BRISS.) _s._
- LOTION.
- ASTRINGENT OINTMENT.
- CROSSBILL (_Loxia curvirostra_, LINN.), _s._
- CAMOMILE.
- OAK BARK.
- DECOCTION FOR FOMENTATION
- BARLEY.
- One of the recipes for making detonating powder is:—
- Another, and, I am told, a far better proportion, is:—
- BALL FOR DIABETES.
- DIGESTIVE OINTMENT.
- DIURETIC POWDER.
- DIURETIC BALL.
- CORDIAL DIURETIC BALL.
- SYNOPSIS OF BRITISH DOGS.
- WITH NO. 2 SHOT.
- OF CUTTING FOR THE DEAL.
- 4. The cut for the deal is good, even with a defective pack.
- OF THE DEAL, THE MISDEAL, AND THE TURN UP CARD.
- OF THE KING, AND THE TURN UP OR TRUMP CARD.
- OF DISCARDING.
- 2. He who has once proposed cannot refuse the cards given him.
- OF THE MANNER OF PLAYING.
- 1. The elder hand plays first.
- OF THE SCORE AND VOLE.
- OF THE REVOKE AND UNDER-FORCE.
- 1. It is not allowable to revoke, or to under-force.
- GENERAL RULES.
- 2. Each player has a right to ask for new cards as often as he pleases.
- OF BETTING.
- SIMPLE EMULSION.
- PECTORAL EMULSION.
- ESCHAROTIC POWDERS.
- ESCHAROTIC LINIMENT.
- EXPECTORANT BALLS.
- DRENCH.
- EYEWATER, _s._
- FALCO, (LINN.), _s._ A genus thus characterised:—
- FALSE QUARTER, _s._
- FLIES IN GENERAL USE.
- EMOLLIENT FOMENTATION.
- ANODYNE FOMENTATION.
- SOMERVILLE.
- FRINGILLA (_Illiger_), _s._ The finch, a genus thus characterised:—
- FULICA, (BRISSON,) _s._ The coot, a genus thus characterised:—
- GALLINACEOUS BIRDS, _s._
- GALLINULA (LATHAM), _s._ A genus thus characterised:—
- GAME-LAWS, _s._
- GAME, PRICE OF.
- GARGANEY, (_Anas querquedula_, LINN.; _Le Sarcelle_, BUFF.) _s._
- GOLDEN-EYE (_Anas clangula_, LINN.; _Le Garrot_, BUFF.) _s._
- GOLDEN ORIOLE (_Oriolus galbula_, LINN.), _s._
- GRAVITATING STOPS, _s._
- GUERNSEY PARTRIDGE (_Perdrix rufa_, RAY), _s._
- TECHNICAL TERMS USED BY GUN-MAKERS.
- The rough or smooth beagle.—_Daniel_—_Buffon, &c. &c._
- HATTOCK, _s._ A shock of corn. _Provincial._
- TABLE OF THE ODDS.
- HIRUNDO, _s._ Swallow, a genus thus characterised:—
- HOODED GULL, (_Larus atricilla_, LINN.) _s._
- NAMES OF HOUNDS.
- C. _dogs_.
- C. _bitches_.
- D. _dogs_.
- D. _bitches_.
- L. _dogs_.
- L. _bitches_.
- M. _dogs_.
- M. _bitches_.
- T. _bitches._
- V. _dogs._
- V. _bitches._
- W. _dogs._
- W. _bitches._
- IMPING, _s._
- IRISH HORSE, _s._
- KING CHARLES’S DOG (_Canis Brevipilis_, LINN.), _s._
- KING DUCK, (_Somateria spectabilis_, FLEMING,) _s._
- KING’S HOUNDS, _s._
- KING’S PLATE, _s._
- KING’S-PLATE ARTICLES.
- LANIUS (LINN.), _s._ Shrike, a genus thus characterised:—
- LAUGHING GULL (_Larus ridibundus_, LEISLER), _s._
- LAXATIVE DRENCH.
- 1. Castor oil 1 pint.
- BALL.
- The following formulæ are given as examples:—
- SOAP LINIMENT.
- AMMONIA, OR VOLATILE LINIMENT.
- LINIMENT OF CAMPHOR, COMPOUND.
- LINIMENT FOR BAD THRUSHES AND CANKER.
- LOCKJAW, _s._
- MAGPIE HAWKING, _s._
- OINTMENT FOR MALANDERS AND SALANDERS.
- The formulæ for red mange are as follow:—
- MERGANSER, _s._ (_Mergus serrator_, LINN.)
- GENUS MERGUS.
- NEWFOUNDLAND DOG (_Canis Sensilis_), _s._
- NIGHT-FISHING, _s._
- SIMPLE OINTMENT.
- GOULARD OINTMENT.
- SULPHURIC OINTMENT.
- DIGESTIVE OINTMENT.
- HOOF OINTMENT.
- OPIATE CONFECTION, OR ELECTUARY OF OPIUM.
- LIQUID OPODELDOC, OR SOAP LINIMENT.
- STEERS’S OPODELDOC.
- VETERINARY OPODELDOC.
- Mix over the fire; when cold, add—
- OTTERHOUND (_Canis Latrans_), _s._
- TERMS USED AT PIQUET.
- 4. _Whiting._—These were scarce in the pond, and very shy.
- EMOLLIENT POULTICES.
- POWDER PROVER, _s._
- PUG DOG (_Canis Pricator_, GMELIN), _s._
- SOME SHORT RULES FOR LEARNERS.
- 7. Preserve the called suit, whether friend or foe.
- THE RANK OF THE CARDS WHEN NOT TRUMPS.
- CLUBS AND SPADES.
- HEARTS AND DIAMONDS.
- THE RANK AND ORDER OF THE TRUMPS.
- CLUBS AND SPADES.
- HEARTS AND DIAMONDS.
- RULES OF RACING.
- RACECOURSE, _s_. Ground over which a race is run. The principal are—
- It is exactly equal that you throw 32 or more.—_Hoyle._
- PURGATIVE WITH OPIUM, OR CORDIAL CATHARTIC.
- ROCK PIGEON, _s._ (_Columba livia_, BRISSON.)
- RUSSIAN DOG (_Canis Russianus_), _s._
- I subjoin a statement of the numbers taken in eight successive years:—
- SCAUP DUCK, or SPOONBILL DUCK (_Nyroca marila_, FLEM.), _s._
- SCOLOPAX, (ILLIGER,) _s._ The snipe, a genus thus characterised:—
- PATENT SHOT.
- COMMON SHOT.
- Shot compared according to Hawker:—
- MOULD SHOT.
- PATENT SHOT.
- SPARROW-OWL, _s._ (_Noctua passerina_, SAVIGNY.)
- SATURNINE LOTION.
- SPOONBILL (_Platalea leucorodia_, LINN.), _s._
- SPRINGER or SPRINGING SPANIEL (_Canis extrarius_, LINN.), _s._
- SPRING WAGTAIL (_Budytes flava_, CUVIER), _s._
- STERN (_Sterna nigra_, LINN.), _s._
- STERNA (LINN.), _s._ Tern, a genus thus characterised:—
- DISEASES OF THE STOMACH.
- DRENCH FOR THE STAGGERS.
- STUB-NET, _s._
- SYLVIA (LATHAM), _s._ Warbler, a genus thus characterised:—
- The following are examples:—
- Mixed together and then held in the mouth.—_Hawker._
- Digest for fourteen days, and filter or strain.—_White._
- VENATIC, _a._ Used in hunting. _obs._
- WELSH PONY, _s._
- TWENTY-FOUR SHORT RULES FOR LEARNERS.
- 1. Always lead from your strong suit, and be cautious of changing suits.
- 2. Lead through an honour when you have a good hand.
- 4. Lead a trump, if you have four or five, and a good hand besides.
- 5. Sequences are eligible leads, of which play the highest card.
- 6. Follow your partner’s lead, not your adversary’s.
- 7. Do not lead from ace queen, or ace knave.
- 8. Avoid leading an ace unless you have the king to it.
- 9. Never lead a thirteenth card, unless trumps are out.
- 10. Nor trump a thirteenth card, except last player.
- 11. Play your best card third hand.
- 12. When in doubt win the trick.
- 13. When you lead small trumps, begin with the highest.
- 14. Do not trump out, when your partner is likely to trump a suit.
- 15. If you hold only small trumps, make them when you can.
- 16. Make your tricks early, and be careful of finessing.
- 17. Be sure to make the odd trick when in your power.
- 20. Always try to keep a commanding card to bring in your strong suit.
- 21. In your partner’s lead, endeavour to keep the command in his hand.
- 22. Keep the card you turn up as long as you conveniently can.
- 24. Always consider your score, and play your hand accordingly.
- METHODS OF SCORING AT WHIST.
- YARWHIP, _s._
- BALL.
- DRENCH.—ONE DOSE.
- YUNX (LINN.) _s._ Wryneck, a genus of birds thus characterised:—
- APPENDIX.
- FISH, GOLD AND SILVER, _s._
- SAFETY TRIGGER, _s._