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Beating the bodysnatchers
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Getting under the skin
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Defying deafness through music
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Hares recovering after surviving a hunt, one of them taking another's pulse. Lithograph by WBT, 1859.
T., W. B., active 1859.Date: 1859Reference: 11743i- Archives and manuscripts
Hare's notes on Griffith
Date: 1983Reference: PP/HAR/C.35Part of: Hare, Ronald (1899-1986), bacteriologist- Books
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The compleat husbandman and gentleman's recreation: or, the whole art of husbandry; Containing. I. Directions to Cure all Diseases in Horses, which are almost 300, with 12 Medicines only not of 12d cost. Also to Cure Oxen. Kine. Bulls. Calves, Sheep. Lambs. Goats. Swine. Dogs. Conies. Hares. Poultry. Geese. Ducks. Swans, &c. Pigeons. Singing Birds. Hawks. Deer, &c. To teach Dogs. II. Directions to Improve Land. Arable and Pasture. to Order Flax. Hemp. Saffron. Liquorice. Bees. Silk-Worms. and to make some new Invented Plows. III. To Brew Pale Ale and Beer, make Cyder equal to Canary, and not stand in 4d. charge per Quart, and to make Mead and Metheglin. IV. Of Planting and Raising Trees for Timber and Fruit, Grafting and Gardening, to order Clover and St. Foin. V. To destroy Moles, Foxes and other Vermin. VI. To Heal all diseases in Men or Women with Chew'd white Bread. Also a Pleasant and wholesome Drink for a Family, which will not cost a Farthing a Gallon, best for Young and Old, Rich and poor Sick and Well. VII. Directions in Angling. Fowling. Hawking. Hunting. Ringing, &c. By G. Markham Gent.
Markham, Gervase, 1568?-1637.Date: 1707- Books
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The sportsman's and gamekeeper's pocket-book; or, a comprehensive and familiar treatise on the game laws. Comprising, Amongst Other Matters, All the Statutes, and Resolutions of the Courts, Relating to Hares, Rabbits, Grouse, Fish, and other Game. Together with Some general and particular Remarks tending to explain their Import, and facilitate their Construction. To which are also Added, The Mode of recovering Penalties under the Game Laws, The Law concerning Trespass in the Pursuit of Game, and The General Law relating to Dogs.
Date: MDCCXCIV. [1794]- Books
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Game laws. An abstract of an act, for granting to His Majesty, certain duties or certificates with respect to the killing of game. To which is added, a digest of the game-laws, Respecting I. Hares, Partridges, Pheasants, Grouse, Moor and Heath Game. II. Doves or Pigeons, Wild Ducks, Wild Geese, and other Water Fowl. III. Deer Stealing, and Robbing Rabbit Warrens, Parks, Chases, Forests, &c. &c. Likewise, an accurate account of all the stamps now in use. Including The New Duties on Bills, Bonds, Receipts, Licences, Legacies, Probates of Wills, Letters of Administration, &c. agreeable to the last Stamp Act. With a preface and a poetica introduction, by E. Thomas, Astronomer, F. S. A. B. Author of Uraniascopia, and the Shrewsbury, Chester, and Glacester Royal Almanacks.
Great Britain.Date: [1784]