90 BAY-SNIPE SHOOTING. 
marlin, and willets are flying, all of which are able 
to endure severe punishment, No. 6 is preferable. 
Eley’s cartridges are often useful with grass-plover, 
although they ball so frequently that the majority 
of sportsmen have lost faith in them. 
Favorable seasons for snipe, when heavy or re- 
peated rains have saturated the meadows, and filled 
every hollow with stagnant pools of dirty water, are 
also favorable for mosquitoes. Persons who suffer 
from the bites of this pestiferous insect—and the 
difference between individuals upon this subject is 
remarkable—should prepare themselves with mos-_ 
quito-nets and ill-scented oils, as they would for a 
visit to the wild woods; while those who are much 
affected by the sun should bring unguents with 
which to temper its intensity and assuage the pain 
that its burning rays inflict. 
Shoes are the proper things for the feet, as boots 
become heated and uncomfortable; and a brown 
linen jacket with white flannel pantaloons, thick 
enough to resist the attacks of a mosquito, and 
with the necessary underclothes for an exceptionally 
cold day, constitute the most practical rig. 
If the sportsman use a muzzle-loader—which he 
should not do if he can afford to buy a breech- 
loader—he must have a loading-stick which he can 
extemporize from his cleaning-rod by substituting a 
ramrod head for the jag. This he does by simply 
having a piece of brass of the proper size and shape 
to screw into the place of the latter. Heshould also 
have two guns, or he loses the chance at the return- 
