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two. One shot at thirteen rooks, 141 yards distant, killed four and 

 wounded another. One shot at about thirty plovers, 147 yards distant, 

 killed six and wounded two others, which we afterwards bagged. 



"The charge at the 83 yards was 8 drs. and 3 oz. No. 3 shot ; at the 

 115 yards, 7f drs. and 3ioz. No. 1 shot; at the long range, 7 J drs. and 

 3^ oz. shot, fifty-four or fifty-five pellets to the ounce. 



Mr. Greener's gun (double 8-bore, chambered for 3-in. brass 

 "Perfects"):— 



"With 6^ drs. No. 4 Alliance powder, 2f oz. No. i shot, the 

 average pattern on a target 4 ft. by 3 ft. at 100 yards was 40 pellets = 3*3 

 to the square foot; with 7 drs. and 30Z. No. i, average 54 = 4 pellets 

 to the square foot ; with 6i drs. and 2|oz. No. 4 shot, at 80 yards, 127 

 on target, or 10 pellets to the square foot ; with 7 drs. and 3 oz. No. 4 

 shot in 30-in. circle at 80 yards, an average of 57 pellets, or ii| to the 

 square foot ; with 6 drs. and 2f oz. No. i shot at 80 yards, in the 30-in. 

 circle, an average of 53 pellets, or io| to the square foot; with 6 drs. 

 and 2^ oz. No. i shot, at 80 yards, in the 3&-in. circle, an average 

 of 48 pellets, or 9J to the square foot ; with 6 drs. and 2f oz. No. i shot at 

 60 yards, in the 30-in. circle, an average of 130 pellets ; with 6 drs. and 

 2^ oz. No. I shot, at 40 yards, 90 to 97 pellets in a selected 12-in. 

 square; with 7 drs. and 3 oz. No. i, about 100 pellets in the 

 12-in. square. 



" With brass cases, and 7 drs. and 2 J oz. No. i shot, the pellets in 

 the 30-in. circle averaged 224; average in centre 12-in. square, 90 

 pellets. 



The prices of 8-bores vary very much, but Messrs. Tolley 

 make an admirable w^eapon, and well suited to the man of 

 moderate means, for eighteen guineas, while their best-quality 

 gun costs about twice as much. 



The double lo-bore seems rather to have gone out of 

 favour during recent years, though personally I swear by it 

 for certain kinds of work. Some years ago the lo-bore was 

 supposed to be the lightest kind of gun for wildfowling proper, 

 and it certainly is an extremely powerful and yet extremely 

 handy gun for a man of any physique. I have a double lo-bore 

 built for me by Mr. Greener which is an absolutely perfect 



