The sportsman's companion or An essay on shooting, [electronic resource] : illustriously shewing in what manner to fire at birds of game, in various directions and situations.--And, directions to gentlemen for the treatment and breaking their own pointers and spaniels, and the necessary precautions, to guard against many accidents that attend this pleasant diversion: with several useful and interesting particulars relative thereto. By a gentleman, who has made shooting his favorite amusement upwards of twenty-six years, in Great-Britain, Ireland, and North-America.