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her to a boar of the wild breed, and of a deep chesnut colour, 
which I had just received from Hatfield House, and which was 
soon afterwards drowned by accident. The pigs produced (which 
were her first litter) partook in appearance of both boar and sow, 
but in some the chesnut colour of the boar strongly prevailed. 
The sow was afterwards put to a boar of Mr. Western’s breed 
(the wild boar having been long dead). The produce was a lit- 
ter of pigs, some of which we observed, with much surprise, to 
be stained and clearly marked with the chesnut colour which had 
prevailed in the former litter. 
This sow had afterwards another litter of pigs by a boar of 
Mr. Western’s breed, and I think, and so does my bailiff, that 
some of these were also slightly marked with the chesnut colour ; 
but though we noticed the recurrence with surprise, it is so long 
since, that our recollection is much !ess perfect than I wish it 
to be. 
I should observe, that I have\known Mr, Western’s breed many 
years, but never in any other instance observed the least appear- 
of the chesnut colour. Believe me, &c. 
Youngsbury, Nov. 10, 1820. DANIEL GILEs. 
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XXII. On the Use of Shot Cartridges. By A CorREsPon- 
DENT in India. 
To the Editor. 
Dear Sir,— Ir you consider the following subject worthy a 
place in any of the Numbers of the Philosophical Magazine, you 
are welcome to the communication; it may I think prove useful 
to sportsmen. I have been in the habit of shooting for some 
years past, and have always loaded with shot cartridges, the ad- 
vantage of which | think worth attention. In the first place, 
using the cartridge ensures the sportsman a more rapid succes- 
sion of discharges, if the game be numerous. No wadding 
is required after the first or second discharge. The shot is 
not wasted by scattering it out of the measure, which is fre- 
quently the case when loading in a hurry. The touch-holes are 
not damaged by the return of shot into the breeching of the 
gun, which I have frequently observed, and which is probably 
occasioned by bad powder, the succeeding discharge generally 
forcing the shot into the touch-hole itself, making it sagged and 
enlarged. ‘I'he shot cartridges fired at ten yards or less distance 
from a sheet of paper, will cover it as well as if blown from a 
_gun loaded in the usual way.—I have frequently tried my own 
guns, of Joseph Manton’s make, with cartridges at a sheet of 
paper placed twenty or thirty yards distant, the charge being 
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