Book contents
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- CHAPTER I THE FIRST GUN
- CHAPTER II THE OLD PUNT: A CURIOUS ‘TURNPIKE’
- CHAPTER III TREE-SHOOTING: A FISHING EXPEDITION
- CHAPTER IV EGG-TIME: A ‘GIP’-TRAP
- CHAPTER V WOODLAND TWILIGHT: TRAITORS ON THE GIBBET
- CHAPTER VI LURCHER-LAND: ‘THE PARK’
- CHAPTER VII OBY, AND HIS SYSTEM: THE MOUCHER's CALENDAR
- CHAPTER VIII CHURCHYARD PHEASANTS: BEFORE THE BENCH
- CHAPTER IX LUKE, THE RABBIT-CONTRACTOR: THE BROOK PATH
- CHAPTER X FARMER WILLUM'S PLACE: SNIPE-SHOOTING
- CHAPTER XI FERRETING: A RABBIT-HUNTER
- CHAPTER XII A WINTER NIGHT: OLD TRICKS: PHEASANT-STALKING: MATCHLOCK VERSUS BREECHLOADER: CONCLUSION
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- CHAPTER I THE FIRST GUN
- CHAPTER II THE OLD PUNT: A CURIOUS ‘TURNPIKE’
- CHAPTER III TREE-SHOOTING: A FISHING EXPEDITION
- CHAPTER IV EGG-TIME: A ‘GIP’-TRAP
- CHAPTER V WOODLAND TWILIGHT: TRAITORS ON THE GIBBET
- CHAPTER VI LURCHER-LAND: ‘THE PARK’
- CHAPTER VII OBY, AND HIS SYSTEM: THE MOUCHER's CALENDAR
- CHAPTER VIII CHURCHYARD PHEASANTS: BEFORE THE BENCH
- CHAPTER IX LUKE, THE RABBIT-CONTRACTOR: THE BROOK PATH
- CHAPTER X FARMER WILLUM'S PLACE: SNIPE-SHOOTING
- CHAPTER XI FERRETING: A RABBIT-HUNTER
- CHAPTER XII A WINTER NIGHT: OLD TRICKS: PHEASANT-STALKING: MATCHLOCK VERSUS BREECHLOADER: CONCLUSION
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- The Amateur Poacher , pp. i - viiiPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2009First published in: 1879