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Title: The Field Book: or, Sports and pastimes of the United Kingdom

Author: W. H. Maxwell

Release date: December 9, 2016 [eBook #53702]
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Language: English

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*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE FIELD BOOK: OR, SPORTS AND PASTIMES OF THE UNITED KINGDOM ***

THE FIELD BOOK.

DONCASTER RACE FOR THE GREAT S^T LEGER STAKES, 1832.

THE

FIELD BOOK:

OR,

SPORTS and PASTIMES

OF THE

United Kingdom;

COMPILED FROM THE BEST AUTHORITIES,

ANCIENT AND MODERN.

THE AUTHOR OF “WILD SPORTS OF THE WEST.”

“The sylvan youth,
Whose fervent blood boils into vehemence,
Must have the chace.”—Thomson.

“What is a gentleman without his recreations?”—Old Play.

LONDON:

PUBLISHED BY EFFINGHAM WILSON,

ROYAL EXCHANGE.

1833.

LONDON:

PRINTED BY BRADBURY AND EVANS,

WHITEFRIARS.