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more. The gun v^ill kick harder and shoot weaker ; 

 besides, if you add half an ounce to each of those 

 cartridges, you will have considerable extra weight 

 to carry. You can kill as far with the ounce if 

 you hold right. As we shall probably have to 

 leave the boat, take along your sack for carrying 

 shells; you might carry them in your pockets, 

 but the sack will be handy to hang on a branch 

 or to lay down while shooting, and it will be 

 much more comfortable than having the weight 

 in your pockets. You will need your long rubber 

 boots, as we shall probably have some wading 

 to do. But put a pair of slippers in your pockets ; 

 you can wear them while in the boat, and will find 

 them much easier than the boots this warm weather. 



Breakfast will be ready before daylight, and I 

 will sec to the luncheon ; for if we find the 

 shooting decent, we shall most likely stay till 

 dark. 



1 am glad to see you wear a hat to shoot in. 

 A cap I abominate. If it rains, the water is con- 

 tinually dripping and running down the back of 

 your neck ; and when the sun shines fierce and 

 hot, it furnishes no shade, as docs the hat. Very 

 often, too, as a person is taking sight, the rays of 

 the sun strike one's eyes, dazzling them, and 



