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TO SPORTSMEN.

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BRITISH FIELD SPORTS; embracing Practical
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and Horses ; a!lo, on the Management of Fowling-pieces, and all
other Sporting Implements. By W. H. SCOTT.
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JOHNSON'S. SHOOTER'S COMPANION; comprising
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