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FOREST, FIELD, AND PRAIRIE. 



Sulphur. 



Mills. Nitre. Charcoal. 



French Mining 65.00 15.00 



United States of America Ti-oo 13.50 



Prussia 75-oo 13-5° 



Russia 73-78 13.50 



Austria (musket) 72.00 17.00 



Spain 76-47 10-78 



Sweden 76-00 15.00 



Switzerland (Round Powder) 76.00 14.00 



Chinese 75-oo i4-4o 



Theoretical proportions as above. 75. 00 13.23 



Powder Measure. — The following is a table showing the dif- 

 ference in drachms : 



I lb. avoirdupois weight is 7,000 grains. 



I lb. apothecary " 5,760 grains. 



1 lb. Troy " 5-760 grains. 



I oz. avoirdupois " 437^' grains. 



I oz. apothecary " 4S0 grains. 



I oz. Troy " 4S0 grains. 



I drachm avoirdupois is 1-16 of 437^ grains, a little less than 27% grains. 



I drachm apothecary is )/i of 4S0 grains, or 60 grains. 



27% grains of powder in a drachm and 480 grains of lead in an ounce. 



Number of Shot in a Charge. — Sportsmen will find the fol- 

 lowing table useful when trying new guns at a target, as it will 

 show the number of shots a charge contains against the number 

 the gun puts in the target — z. e., presuming that no one fires 

 more than one and one-half ounces of shot in a charge : 



NUMBER OF PELLETS EACH SIZE 



Leroy, Edgar 



&Co. 



No. 10 82: 



Tatham . 

 Bros. 



84S 

 56S 

 399 

 251 

 218 



Chicago Shot 

 Tower Co. 



fo. 10 854 



9 596 



8 434 



7 333 



6 216 



English 

 Shot. 



1 75 So 



B 63 — 



BB 53 - 



To find the proportion in one and a quarter or one and a half 

 ounces, of course it is only necessary to add the proper pro- 

 portion. 



The Diitinar Wood Pozvder. — As this powder has come into 

 considerable use, the following published directions for using it 

 are important to print here : 



" This powder has to be used in about the same manner as black powder ; care 

 only has to be taken not to press it into too small a space, as it is more elastic 

 than the black. The new powder makes very little smoke, causes no recoil, does 



