The Winchester is useful for rapid fir- 

 ing at short range, but the Maynard is the 

 weapon to depend upon for perfect accu- 

 racy at all ranges. 



KNIVES. For general use the best knife 

 for the collector or taxidermist is a steel- 

 handled cartilage-knife, as shown in Fig. 

 1, B. It costs seventy -five cents. There 

 are two kinds of cartilage-knives, but the 

 one shown has the best-shaped blade. 



For heavier work the best knife I have 

 ever used or seen is the so-called " killing- 

 knife," No. 01512, as shown in Fig. 1, A, 

 made by John Russell, Green Eiver 

 Works, Turner's Falls, Mass., the retail 

 price of which is only seventy-five cents. 

 Had I designed it myself, especially for 

 collectors' use, I could not have done bet- 

 ter. The shape of the blade, the thick- 

 ness of it, and the shape of the handle are 



OUTFITS, AND HINTS ON HUNTING. 



the average amateur will feel disposed to 

 maintain a small arsenal. In preparing 

 the above tables I have limited the weap- 

 ons to those I have actually used. For 

 my use, the following constitutes a model 

 collector's outfit of firearms for all pur- 

 poses in all countries. It is cheap, but 

 first class, not cumbersome, easily cared 

 for in all climates, and equal to every 

 occasion that can arise : 



1 No. 8 double breech-loading smooth-bore, and 



1 Auxiliary barrel, No. 22, for very small birds (price, 



1 Calibre 45-85 Maynard rifle, 1 calibre 40-60 rifle- 

 barrel, and 1 No. 16 shot-barrel, all to fit inter- 

 changeably on the same, stock, A smaller rifle- 

 barrel might also be added, but it is not really nec- 

 essary. 



1 Calibre 45-75 7-shot Winchester. 



1 No. 12 breech-loading shot-gun. 



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Pro. 1. The Beet Knives for 

 a Collector or Taxidermist 

 (about two-thirds actual size). 



A, Russell's killing-knife;" 



B, Cartilage-knife. 



