i66 THE COMPLETE WILDFOWLER 



mop and felt cleaner, one leather breech-cover, one muzzle 

 plug, and two lifting sticks. 



One wooden gun-case, with two single-barrel 12 -bore 

 "cripple-stoppers" and cleaning rod for same. 



External clothing for punting : — Two pairs leather thigh 

 boots, two white duck jackets, two woollen guernseys (white), 

 two pairs oilskin knickers, two woollen skull-caps (white), and 

 two oilskin capes. 



Various : — One punter's magazine, one aft magazine for 

 gun hangers, crutches, baling pot, gun float and cord, etc. ; 

 one pair half-ton blocks and fall, two two-inch falls, two strops, 

 one sack, one grapnel, with line and snap-hook ; four gun- 

 hangers for cripple-stoppers, one pair mud-pattens, two oak 

 rollers, one iron snatch-block, one bucket, one tin of oil, two 

 shackles, one bird-hanger with vermin-proof disc, two hand- 

 lamps, one chest containing loading gear for punt-gun cart--^ 

 ridges, viz. powder, shot, wads, wad-cutting block and 

 punch, shot and powder measure, tube extractor and case 

 cleaner, ignition tubes, oakum, tow and waste, and loading- 

 stick ; one chest containing tools, viz. one hammer, one 

 mallet, one pair pincers, two punches, one brace with bits, 

 one spokeshave, two gimlets, one movable spanner, one rivet 

 set, one tin of grease, one screwdriver, two paint pots and 

 two brushes, one for white and one for red ; one lead pencil, 

 one two-foot rule, one outfit repair box containing copper rivets, 

 washers, nails, and tacks. 



Personal : — One glass, one pocket mariner's compass, one 

 pocket aneroid, one cartridge-extractor for 12-bore gun, one 

 large pocket-knife, one chart of each ground to be visited, 

 one wildfowler's diary, and one cartridge-bag. Lastly, in the 

 question of accessories, we must deal with the small guns. 



Perhaps the better term of "cripple-stoppers" may be 

 applied to shoulder guns aboard fowling punts. Their use 

 should be reserved for one purpose, i.e. shooting crippled 



