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both. S.S.G., of which sixteen go to the ounce, with the two 

 sizes of shot above that, the largest only going five to the ounce, 

 will of course kill at longer ranges, and the last mentioned 

 would do so at fully two hundred yards, but unless firing into 

 the midst of a very large flock of birds, the chances are infini- 

 tesimal that any of these little bullets will ever reach its billet. 



