INSTRUCTIONS TO YOUNG SPORTSMEN
IN ALL THAT RELATES TO
GUNS AND SHOOTING

LT. COL. P. HAWKER

LONGMAN, REES, ORME & BROWN, GREEN: LONDON
1833

Seventh edition. Corrected, Enlarged, and Improved
A scarce early edition of a classic work of nineteenth century shooting, first published in 1814. 

CONTENTS
Guns And Gunmakers 
Implements For Flint Guns 
Detonating Systems 
Gun Cases 
Powder 
Shot 
Flints 
Wadding 
Loading 
Powder Flask 
Shot Belt 
Dress For A Shooter 
Apparatus 
Shooting Black Game Shooting On The Border Of Hants And Dorset 
Dogs 
Diseases In Dogs 
Perseveration Of Game 
Duck Guns 
To Make An Old Gun Shoot Well 
Duck Shot 
Duck Gun Wadding 
Water Boots 
Dresses Proper For Wildfowl Shooting 
To Preserve Gunning Clothes From The Moth 
To Preserve Guns From Rusting With Salt Water 
Wildfowl Shooting 
Launching And Canoe Shooting 
General Instructions 
Stanchion Or Punt Gun 
Explanation Of My Plan
Gunning Punt 
Boat Shooting Under Sail
Artificial Island For Curlew 
Wildfowl Artillery 
Methods Of Shooting Wildfowl In France 
Punts, Guns etc. Used For Shooting In The Fens 
Shooting Wildfowl On Virginia Water 
Dressing For Punts And Canoes 
Best Means Of Conveying Punts Overland 
Shooting With A Small Gun On A River 
General Advice For The Health And Comfort Of A Young Sportsman 
Preservers Of Birds 
Game Laws 
 

22 x 14 cm. xxiii + 507 pp + 8 plates.

Very good condition, half-leather binding worn at the corners. A little light foxing mainly to page edges and occasional handling mark but overall the contents are clean and tidy, and the text block remains firmly bound, all illustrations present. New endpapers.