LETTERS TO YOUNG SHOOTERS (SECOND SERIES): On the production, preservation and killing of game, with directions in shooting woodpigeons and breaking in retrievers. By Sir Ralph Payne-Gallwey, Bart.

(1892) 1894 2nd edition. Ppxiii,526. Frontispiece photogravure portrait, b/w illustrations, blank memoranda tables.

Chapters include: Pheasant rearing (seven chapters; Advice in selecting an estate for game preservation, with details of the cost of rearing pheasants; Pheasant shooting (three chapters); Partridge shooting (three chapters) with notes on preserving the birds; Grouse shooting (eight chapters); Ground game shooting - rabbits, hares (three chapters); Woodpigeon shooting (three chapters); Notes on breaking dogs for the guns; Retrievers, their selection and behaviour; How to train a retriever in eight lessons;concluding remarks on working young retrievers. Nb., I found chapter IX most helpful.