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carry shot or ball ; the latter to be the exact size for 

 the No. 10 rifles. 



According to my experience, such a battery is 

 irresistible. 



The breech-loader has manifold advantages over 

 the muzzle-loader in a wild country. Cartridges 

 should always be loaded in England, and they should 

 be packed in hermetically sealed tin cases within 

 wooden boxes, to contain each fifty, if large bores, or 

 one hundred of the smaller calibre. 



These will be quite impervious to damp, or to the 

 attacks of insects. The economy of ammunition will 

 be great, as the cartridge can be drawn every evening 

 after the day's work, instead of being fired off as with 

 the muzzle-loader, in order that the rifle may be 

 cleaned. 



The best cartridges will never miss fire. This is 

 an invaluable quality in the pursuit of dangerous 

 game. 



Although I advocate the express small-bore with 

 :he immense advantage of low trajectory, I am de- 

 cidedly opposed to the hollow expanding bullet for 

 heavy, thick-skinned game. I have so frequently 

 experienced disappointment by the use of the hollow 

 bullet that I should always adhere to the slightly 



