$02 DUCK SHOOTING. 



If, as is often stated — but, we believe, without any 

 better foundation than the merest estimate — a wild duck 

 flies at the rate of a mile a minute, the bird during this 

 .05 of a second would pass over a space of about four 

 and a half feet, and, therefore, if struck by the leading 

 pellet, the last part of the charge would miss him en- 

 tirely. On the other hand, it must be remembered that 

 there is no appreciable interval between the arrival at 

 the target of these pellets ; they continue to come, and 

 the .05 of a second merely represents the interval be- 

 tween the very first and the very last pellet to arrive. 



In the same work Mr. Greener gives also tables of 

 the velocities of shot with different loads of powder, 

 as determined by Mr. R. W. S. Griffith. The tests were 

 made with a twelve-bore gun, with powder charges of 

 Schultze powder running from two and a half to four 

 drams, and with charges of shot from one to one and a 

 quarter ounce, the sizes of shot being Nos. i, 5, 6 and 

 10. The highest velocity with four drams of powder 

 and one and a quarter ounce of No. i shot, at five yards, 

 was 1,106 feet, and at sixty, 863 feet. The reader de- 

 siring to study this table is referred to the volume in 

 question. Much interesting information is given in 

 standard works on guns and shooting, such as "The 

 Breech Loader," "The Gun and Its Developments," 

 and "The Modern Sportsman's Gun and Rifle." 



HOW TO HOLD. 



When a charge of shot is fired at a bird, it proceeds 

 through the air somewhat in the shape of an elongated 



