OF a common size are now brought to such perfec- 

 tion, that a person, who is content with being to- 

 lerably well served, can hardly go amiss, in choosing 

 his gimmaker; and there is scarcely any one in 

 the business but, from the accidental circumstance 

 of having served some of his customers with good 

 barrels, is extolled, by them, as the best maker hi the 

 kingdom. 



The real sportsman, however, will turn the deaf ear 

 to such recommendations, and continue going to the 

 heads of the Irade* which, he may rest assured, for 

 one who wishes to be really well served, is the most 

 certain, the most satisfactory, and, in the end, the 

 cheapest method he can adopt. 



In answer to those, who deprecate the idea of giving 

 Mr. Manton, or Mr. Purdey, fifty-five, or Mr. Joseph 

 Manton* sixty-five guineas for a gun, let me only 



* Mr. Joseph Manton, since being made a bankrupt, has as- 

 sured me that he shall resume business again ; and Mr. Aston 

 (liis clerk) and other men are still kept to execute orders, and 

 thus secure customers till matters arc re-established. Mr. Joseph 

 Manton's name, therefore, will of course stand as before in this 

 work. I have just received from him the following notice: 

 J iseph Manton has the honour to inform noblemen and gentle- 



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