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as the author does in a passing allusion , is one instance of a few of the merely aristocratic assumptions which mar the close reasoning and liberal knowledge of the chief part of the pamphlet .
The Oakleigh Shooting Code . By Thomas Oakleigh , Esq . 8 vo Ridgway . [ The appearance of this book on our reviewing table produced a perplexity in us . To notice it at
all would seem to encourage a practice which , however followed by many excellent men , we cannot in our consciences approve ; while not to notice it would be to deprive the poor birds of a chance of being at least shot with discretion and
without torment . We accordingly handed it over to a kinsman of ours , who is " all conscience and tender heart , " except in the Joe Manton corner of the mind of
man ; and he favoured us with the following remarks ; to which we shall append one more of our own . ] The * Oakleigh Code' is an
excellent manual for shooting , and will stanil high in the estimation of sportsmen . The information it contains is ample , and conveyed in a plain , concise , and agreeable manner . It also has the merit of
being totally free from the quackery and nonsense in which the generality of books on the same subject abound . There are numberless persons who are enthusiastic sportsmen , and yet have never been able , with
the utmost endeavours , to acquire the knack of hitting a bird on the wing with any degree of certainty . We would particularly direct the attention of these unlucky wights , and of young shooters in general , to Canons I . to XX . treating of the " Counting" and regulating of
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a gun , most important points , bjj » no means sufficiently attended toe in previous manuals . We are acquainted with an ardent admired of field sports , who , in spite on zealous practice indefatigably purJ sued season after season , neveij
killed his bird , on an average , abovd once out of a dozen shots . Acci-J dentally meeting with an old double gun , which " comes up well" ta his shoulder , and carefully following instructions similar to those pointed out in the Code , he has , toJ his infinite satisfaction , become ail
very fair shot . Canon No . LXII , on the cruelty of using too small a shot ,, we cordially subscribe to ; and the size of shot recommended for the various sorts of game are very judicious .
Many sincere persons seize every opportunity of branding the sport of shooting as cruel and unmanly , and are eloquent on shattered wings and splintered legs . Those who , like ourselves , have felt certain qualms occasioned by this grave imputation , will derive comfort from the observations
contained in a note at page 107 . We do not agree to Canon CXXVIII , which pronounces that snipeshooting should cease on the last day of February . The best day ' s sport we had last season was at the latter end of March : the birds
were found single , and in most excellent condition . We have Col . Hawker ' s authority for saying , that the sports of trout-fishing and snipe-shooting may be combined in March with great success , and we can confirm his opinion from ex- ^ perience .
[ Our contributor mistakes the gist of objections to his favourite sports ; though the considerations he urges no doubt make considerable differences . The main point ,
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New Books . 223 J |
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Sept. 1, 1837, page 223, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1835/page/79/
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