AN

ENCYCLOPÆDIA

OF

RURAL SPORTS.

AN

ENCYCLOPÆDIA

OF

RURAL SPORTS;

OR,

A COMPLETE ACCOUNT,

HISTORICAL, PRACTICAL, AND DESCRIPTIVE,

OF

HUNTING, SHOOTING, FISHING, RACING,

AND OTHER

FIELD SPORTS AND ATHLETIC AMUSEMENTS

OF THE PRESENT DAY.

BY DELABERE P. BLAINE, ESQ.

AUTHOR OF

"OUTLINES OF THE VETERINARY ART," CANINE PATHOLOGY,"

ETC. ETC, ETC.

ILLUSTRATED BY

SIX HUNDRED ENGRAVINGS ON WOOD, BY R. BRANSTON,

FROM DRAWINGS BY ALKEN, T. LANDSEER,

DICKES, ETC.

LONDON:

LONGMAN, ORME, BROWN, GREEN, AND LONGMANS,

PATERNOSTER-ROW.