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moor, and provided a good team of dogs, he may, 

 especially if he has the good fortune to fall in with a 

 clever and willing keeper, look forward hopefully for 

 a good season's sport when the glorious 12th of 

 August arrives. 



One further hint I will venture to give : that is, to 

 use the Schultze gunpowder in preference to the or- 

 dinary black powder. The combustion is quicker and 

 more complete ; consequently there is far less smoke. 

 Sometimes the sight of the bird is obscured when 

 firing the second barrel on a dull heavy day, the smoke 

 of the black powder hanging about and hindering the 

 shooter from taking ready aim. 



With regard to the selection of guns, the number 

 of different sorts being legion, Purdey of course ranks 

 amongst the highest and best of the many makers, 

 and from his stock the sportsman can obtain whatever 

 style he thinks will suit him best without fear of dis- 

 appointment. My attention was recently drawn to 

 an article in Land and Water (April 22nd) on an 

 improvement in what is called by Messrs. Silver the 

 " automatic " safety bolt as applied to a hammerless 

 gun, and upon examination subsequently of the gun 

 I came to the conclusion that it fulfilled all the 

 conditions pointed out by the writer in that paper. A 

 large selection of guns of every sort can be seen also 

 at E. M. Reilly & Co.'s establishment in Oxford Street, 

 and the intending purchaser will be difficult to please 

 if he cannot suit himself at one or other of these 

 noted makers. 



