8 CONTENTS 



CHAPTER PAGE 



VI. Recoil Gearing for Punt-Guns . . .184 



VII. Conversion of Muzzle - loading Punt - Guns to 



Breech-loading . . ... ig6 



VIII. On Loading Punt-Guns . ... 205 



IX. Punt Carriages, Wagons, and Houses . . 220 



X. Care of Guns and Gear . ... 228 



XI. Weather and Expenses, with a Note on Punt 



Clothing . . . ... 234 



XII. Hints on Punting to Fowl, and the actual Use of 



Punt-Guns . . . ... 246 



XIII. Gunning-Punt Construction . . . . 264 



XIV. Various Kinds of Gunning-Punts . . . 273 

 XV. Gunning-Punt Rudders . . . . 285 



XVI. Sailing Craft and Motor-Punts . . . 289 



Birds met with by the Wildfowler . . . 300 



Index . . . . ... 355 



