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inestimable and incalculable. A gun, by all means, 

 should be taken, and if the choice lies between shot gun 

 and rifle, take the former. With a shot gun one can 

 secure a greater variety of game than with a rifle, and 

 should be able to supply the camp. Do not get a muzzle, 

 if you can procure a breech-loader. There is no com 

 parison between them, and it is universally conceded 

 that the breech-loader surpasses in safety, and rapidity of 

 loading and firing. There is little choice in the various 

 kinds, except in price ; they are all generally safe enough, 

 and the choice of selection will depend mainly upon 

 the length of the purchaser s purse. Eifles are of all 

 prices, from the cheapest second-hand at $10 to the latest 

 and best Remington. A revolver is sometimes useful, 

 but not necessary, unless one is expert enough to kill 

 small game with it. My word for it, there will be no 

 occasion, unless one visits the wilder portions of Florida, 

 for its use upon larger game, if I may except an infre 

 quent chance at deer or turkey. Take a few steel or 

 brass shells for the breech-loader, but let the bulk of 

 them be paper, which, costing but $1 per hundred, can 

 be thrown away after discharged, and thus much weight 

 of carriage and annoyance avoided. By oiling them 

 well they will not stick in the breech, and will prove 

 everyway serviceable. Carry a quarter-keg (6^ Ibs.) of 

 good powder, as it can be readily exchanged for other 

 tilings, if not all needed. In shot, take three sizes : a 

 few pounds of buck ; ten pounds No. 2, and ten of No. 

 G or 8. This will give sufficient variety without too 

 great weight. If caps arc taken, choose the best Eley s. 

 The cheaper grade of water-proof, at about $1 per m., is 

 good enough. 



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