HUNTING BY SCENT. By H.M. Budgett, Ex-Master of the Bicester and Warden Hounds.
1933 1st edition. 4to (201 x 274mm). Ppxii,122. B/w photograph plates, b/w illustrations by Lionel Edwards, b/w line illustrations, bibliography. Red cloth, spine titled in gilt.
This is an interesting investigation of scent and tracking by scent, and something of a pioneering work in this regard. Chapters include: The sense of smell; Tracking by smell; Apparatus for the determination of scent conditions; Nature of trails followed by hounds; Examination of scent trails left by different quarries over various surfaces; Direct body scent; Fatigue of organs of smell; Obliteration and neutralization of scent tracks; Functions of various scent galnds; Examination of the odorous particles forming a track.
This is an interesting investigation of scent and tracking by scent, and something of a pioneering work in this regard. Chapters include: The sense of smell; Tracking by smell; Apparatus for the determination of scent conditions; Nature of trails followed by hounds; Examination of scent trails left by different quarries over various surfaces; Direct body scent; Fatigue of organs of smell; Obliteration and neutralization of scent tracks; Functions of various scent galnds; Examination of the odorous particles forming a track.
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| Author | Budgett (Hubert Maitland). (1882-1951). |
|---|---|
| Book Code | 47030 |
| ISBN | No ISBN. |
| Book Description | Stained and used, spine rather shaken, lacks fep. Several worm wholes to rear board, foxing, working copy only. |
| Book Cover | Hardcover |
| Published Date | 1933 |
| Publisher | Eyre and Spottiswoode. |
| Place | London. |