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should be made of strong linen, and, before putting the clothing in 

 it, it should be wrung out of turpentine and hung up to dry. The 

 clothes, after being well beaten and brushed, are put into this bag 

 with pieces of camphor distributed in the pockets. The bag is 

 then scAVcd up and put away in some dark hole, and not opened 

 until the retui-n of the ducking-season, when all will be found right. 

 Without this precaution, a whole suit will be riddled by these vora- 

 cious little torments in the course of one summer. Fustian, as 

 before said, being manufactured entirely of cotton, is, of course, 

 not liable to the attacks of moths. 



IMPORTANCE OF CLEAN GUNS. 



Sportsmen cannot be too particular in cleaning their guns, so as 

 to prevent the accumulation of any thing like rust. It would seem 

 almost absurd for us to advise our readers never to put their arms 

 away without washing them out thoroughly and rubbing them per- 

 fectly dry with a good supply of that very essential article vulgarly 

 termed " elbow-grease." Nevertheless, this recommendation is a 

 necessary precaution, as we were informed, a few days since, that 

 one of our oldest and most experienced sporting friends is in the 

 habit of laying his gun by at the conclusion of each shooting- 

 season without even so much as swabbing it out ; and, to make the 

 matter still worse, he strongly recommends and insists upon this 



