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Fire at forty, forty-five, fifty yards at 

 a quire or two quires — better yet — of 

 the largest sized stifif brown paper. 



The penetration of the shot through 

 the last sheet will give you the force. 



The spread of the charge and the 

 regularity of its target will give you 

 the closeness or reverse of the charge ; 

 and as a general rule the proportion be- 

 tween the ram for entering the first 

 sheet and piercing the last, gives the 

 merit of the gun, of course the longer 

 and at the farther ranges a gun pre- 

 serves the same proportion, the better 

 the gun. 



Size and weight of guns are, and 

 must be according to the fancies of in- 

 dividuals. I prefer myself, for upland 

 shooting : Thirty-one inch barrel — four- 

 teen gauge — seven and a half pounds 

 weight, bar locks, one and a half ounce 

 No. 8, equal measure powder. 



For Suvinier Cock or Rail. — Twenty- 

 eight inch barrel — ten gauge — six and a 

 half pounds weight, bar locks, one ounce 

 No. 8, equal measure powder. 



For a Double Duck Giin. — Thirty- 



three inch barrel — nine guage — ten 

 pounds weight, bar locks. Two to two 

 and a half ounce No. 4, equal measure 

 powder. 



For a Single Duck Gun for Boat 

 Shooting. — Three and a half feet barrel 

 — five gauge — sixteen pounds weight — 

 bar locks, no ram rod or ram rod pipes, 

 loading and cleaning rod all in one, to 

 lie in the boat, balanced by lead in the 

 butt under the heel plate. Four ounce 

 No. 2 to B. B., equal measure of powder. 

 Two of these guns for stool shooting 

 from a boat will beat any double in the 

 world. 



[the end.] 



Hard to Beat. 



During the months of March, April, May and June. 

 1896, the four Vestibuled Limited trains of the Chesa . 

 peake & Ohio Railway between Washington and Cincin- 

 nati made a remarkable record. Each train covered 599 

 miles 122 times, a grand total of 292,312 miles, or nearly 

 11?4 times the earth's circumference, and yet the four 

 trains were on time 463 times out of a possible 488, an 

 average of 95 per cent. Considering the number of 

 trains, the period covered, the distance run and the 

 mountainous nature of the country traversed, these fig- 

 ures speak volumes for the physical condition and man- 

 agement of the road, and account for its popularity with 

 travelers between the East and West. 



