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have that, unless you prefer to feel all through the day un- 

 like yourself; do not chew too much, nor over-walk your- 

 self at the sport, particularly if you are not very strong — 

 both over-walking and chewing weaken the nerves and 

 injures the constitution. 



If you want to feel good through the day, never start 

 out in the morning to hunt with an empty stomach — eat 

 something before yon start, if it be onl}- no more than a 

 slice of bread. 



Accoutrements. — Of gun covers, wad cutters, game bags, 

 dog calls, pocket cleaning rods, shot belts, shot pouches, 

 powder flasks, nipple wrenches, shells, shell extractors, &c., 

 I shall have nothing to say, more than to refer you to J. 

 H. Johnson, at the Great Western Gun Works No. 285 

 Liberty street, Pittsburgh, Pa., for an illustrated cata- 

 logue of 100 pages of sporting goods, out of which you can 

 make a selection to suit your fancy. 



Caps. — Eley's water-proof caps, warranted not to fly to 

 pieces, nor miss fire, for Pai'tridge shooting, are what you 

 want. 



Wadding. — Eley's patent chemically prepared hair-felt 

 gun- wads, warranted not to take fire, or fl}^ to pieces in tne 

 barrel, are as good wadding for shooting as any. 



Powder. — I prefer the medium size grained powder for 

 Partridge shooting. Lafilin & Rand's Orange Lightning, 

 Oriental, Dupont's, Curtis & Harvey, Hazard's, American 

 Powder Company, any of these brands are good enough, 

 and all I have got to say is, that whenever you fail to kill 

 your birds shooting, with any of these brands, when the 

 powder is pure and dry, why. you can set it down that 

 there is something wrong behind the gun. 



Shot. — The adjoining table, showing the number of pel- 

 lets to the ounce of the various, and comparative sizes of 

 shot which are made by the leading manufacturers, which 

 may prove of service to sportsmen, is taken from W. F. 

 Parker : 



