8 CONTENTS. 
CHAPTER XXXIIL 
THE SHOT GUN AND HOW TO USE IT. 
A review of it—Joseph Manton—Muzzle-loaders—Selection of gun for 
wild fowl—10 and 12 gauges—What gun to buy—Established 
makers—Damascus, laminated and stub-twist barrels—How made 
—30 and 82 inch barrels—Weight of gun—Measurements of stock— 
Drop of stock—How to select a gun that fits—Position in shooting 
—Tendency to under shoot—Snap shooting—Oiled stock—A modified 
and full choke—How to keep a gun from rusting—Binocular shoot- 
ing—How to test it—How to hold on wild fowl—What is a snap- 
shot—A deliberate shot—The deliberate, the successful one at 
ducks—Gravity of shot at 40 and 60 yards—Study distance—A 
swinging shot—Centered—Shooting behind—Hold over on straight 
away birds—Strength of barrels—Cause of bursting—The road to 
success. 
CHAPTER XXXIV. 
SHOT, POWDER, SHELLS, WADS AND LOADING. 
Large shot~—The farmer’s boy—‘‘ Guess we'll take one’s’’--The terror 
ot the swamp—Knows it all—100 and 135 yards high—Poor powder 
—A gun with a reputation—Waich him—TZ hit him—Selfishness— 
Faith in 6’s—Soft and chilled shot—Table of sizes and number of 
pellets—Sizes for different wild fowl—Eccentricity of guns. 
POWDER. 
A certain brand—Cheap powder—Kind to use—Desire a change— 
Black powder, and its use—Use same grain—-Moist powder—Keep 
choke clean—FG—FFG — FFFG-—- Use coarse powder — Wood 
powder—‘‘ Schultze powder ”—Claims for powder. 
SHELLS. 
Brass shells—Paper shells—Water proof shells—Tight fitting, ete. 
LOADING. 
Importance of it-—A load for every gun—Load with care—Improper, 
bad, demoralizing--Confidence in our own loading—How to load 
correctly—Peculiarities of wadding—Tight fitting wads—Felt wads— 
Pink edge—Card wads—Shells must be crimped tightly—Machine 
loaded shells—Loading of Schultze’s powder—Of wood powder— 
Pressure on black and wood powder. 
CHAPTER XXXV. 
OUTFITS—BLINDS—DECOYs—DUCK CALLS. 
The duck-hunter-—Not a thing of beauty—An easy fit—What kind of 
suit—Oh my ! a black hat—How to dress—How clothes should be 
made—Boots—Shell box—A hatchet—Rubber coat—A coffee pot. 
