The sportsman's handbook to collecting, preserving, and setting-up trophies & specimens : together with a guide to the hunting grounds of the world / by Rowland Ward.

  • Ward, Rowland, 1848?-1912.
Date:
1911
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Licence: In copyright

Credit: The sportsman's handbook to collecting, preserving, and setting-up trophies & specimens : together with a guide to the hunting grounds of the world / by Rowland Ward. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    of arms can be of more value to him in such circum- stances than quick apprehension, delicate tact, strong, cool courage, and perfect skill in the use of his weapon. But beneath all this should lie a knowledge of what experience and investigation have shown to be the best way of attaining the desired end ; and one im- portant detail is to know how and where it is best to strike the game in a vital part, or in such a way that SKELETON AND OUTLINE OF A LION, SHOWING VITAL SPOTS. the animal may be disabled. And here it must be remarked that no amount of book-instruction will equal a small amount of experience ; therefore it is well, when the game is killed and comes to be cut U'p, always to make a careful investigation as to the course of the bullet in regard to its effect on the vital parts. In order to make clear the position of these points, a few diagrams of representative species of animals are given, on which the points are indicated. Speaking