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This special re-print edition of Alfred E.T. Watson's book ""The Pheasant"" is a treasury of information on the keeping of pheasants, as well as how to hunt and how to prepare them for the table. Written in the early 1890's, this classic text contains nearly 300 pages of information on Pheasants. The book is split into three sections, Natural History of the Pheasant, Shooting the Pheasant and Cookery of the Pheasant. Chapters include The Pheasant in History, The Pheasant of the Woodlands, Freaks and Oddities, Old World Fowling, Poaching in the 19th Century Style, Prince and Peasant - Peer and Pheasant, How To Show Pheasants, How To Kill Pheasants, Wild Bred and Hand Reared Pheasants, Policy and Protection, Landscape and Larder, Cookery of the Pheasant and more. In addition to a large amount of practical historical information, is also included Illustrated with wonderful 19th century prints, drawings and diagrams. Note: This edition is a perfect facsimile of the original edition and is not set in a modern typeface. As a result, some type characters and images might suffer from slight imperfections or minor shadows in the page background.

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