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Title: British Sports, for the Amusement of Children

Author: William Belch

Release Date: May 20, 2010 [EBook #32452]

Language: English

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W. BELCH'S _British Sports_.

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Entertaining Views
Scenes from Nature
Rural Scenes
Youthful Sports
Birds
Beasts
Fishes and Insects
Fruit and Flowers
Alphabet of Nations
British Sports
Foreign Sports
Capitals of Europe
Nursery Calculations, or a Peep into Numbers.

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BRITISH SPORTS, for the Amusement of CHILDREN

[Illustration: PHEASANT SHOOTING.]

See the Fowler takes his aim,
To bring down the feather'd game;
September Season is the time,
When these birds are in full prime.

LONDON.

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RABBIT SHOOTING.

How happy & frisky the Rabbits appear,
Prancing & skipping without any fear;
But alas, their enjoyment is like to be short,
By the aim of a Gunner who seeks them for sport.

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BADGER BAITING.

Baited by Dogs, the Badger dies,
A cruel sport it thus supplies,
The Skin is by the Furriers bought,
And thus for gain & pleasure sought.

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HORSE RACING.

Goaded with Spurs they seem to fly,
Like lightning to the