TABLES OF LOADS. 35 



Late in the season : — 



The same quantity of powder. 

 A card, thick felt, and card wad. 



Or later : — 



A tight-fitting pink-edged, thick felt and card wad. 

 The shot. 



For covert shooting : — 



Increase the powder, or reduce the shot. 



A pink-edged wad, or 



A card and pink-edged wad. 



The shot. 



A card and pink-edged wad, or 



A pink-edged wad. 

 The above methods of loading will give good satisfac- 

 tion, but the system is complicated, and the cartridges 

 must be marked, in many instances, in order that one 

 may know the quantity and kind of ammunition that he 

 is using. You can simplify the thing by the use of Eley's 

 brown, blue and green cartridges, and know at a glance, 

 the colour indicating the kind, which will be required 

 for the occasion. 



For a 12-gauge gun I load as follows : — In a brown are 

 put 3 J drs. of powder, two pink-edged wads ; 1 oz, or 1 J 



