“When the bow and the sling were laid aside in favour of the gun, prudence naturally forbade the putting an instrument of so dangerous a nature into the hands of children; they however provided themselves a substitute for the gun…”

pg. 379
The Sports and Pastimes of the People of England (1801), Gun safety

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British engraver, artist, antiquary and writer 1749–1802

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