Rowlandson the Caricaturist; a Selection from His Works. Vol. 2 by Joseph Grego

grown persons; with anecdotes of the most renowned shots of the day, exemplified from life, including recommendatory hints on the choice of guns, dogs, and sporting paraphernalia. Also characters, costume, and correspondence. Selected from the original notes of Marmaduke Markwell, Esq., with sixteen illustrations by Thomas Rowlandson:-- But a bold pheasantry, their country's pride, When once destroyed, can never be supplied. '_Dedication._--To the most enlightened Sportsman in the metropolis of the British Empire; equally keen in pursuit of the hare, the haunch, the partridge, pheasant, woodcock, wild fowl, black or red game; devourer of the amphibious turtle, and terror of the Dutch; dead shot at a patriot; a marksman whose brilliant and sporting elocution can start a _Jubilee_ in the worst of times, whose merry jokes can create sport, and are the cause of sport to others: To Sir William Curtis, Bart., M.P. &c., &c., &c., these effusions of a City Sportsman are with all respect inscribed by his most devoted and obedient servant, 'MARMADUKE MARKWELL. 'Turn-again Lane, September 1, 1809.' _Frontispiece._ The Cockney's first attempt at shooting flying. _Illustrations._ Rat-hunting. How to twist your neck. Night. Noon. Morning. The dangerous consequences of sporting. Miss Spitfire's encounter. Advantage of coupling sporting dogs. Finishing a gamekeeper. How to come in at the death. How to cool your courage. A duck hunt in Bartholomew Lane. Neck or nothing. A shooting parson or pot-hunter. Evening.