APPENDIX 



THE SPOETSMAN'S EQUIPMENT. 



A Sportsman's success depends very materially 

 upon his arms and equipment, and a few remarks 

 on this head might prove useful to any hunter 

 intending to wage war with the fiercer denizens 

 of the forest. 



I consider the best breech-loading system, both 

 for guns and rifles for sporting purposes, to be that 

 of Mr. Westley Richards, as its construction is a 

 wonderful combination of strength and simplicity, 

 and it is in every way preferable to every other 

 system I have yet seen, " and their name is legion." 



A gun or rifle on this system is very similar in 

 outward appearance to a muzzle-loader, having 

 front-action locks, and the grip, or fore-part, being 

 of wood. The barrels are secured to the body of 

 the gun by fastenings, both at the top and bottom, 

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