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now easier to be got good than in London) ; and, 

 consequently, he has the picking from some of the 

 best barrels in Europe ; and then turns and finishes 

 them, in a very superior manner, at his workshop, 

 No. 2, Thomas Place, Hampstead Road. Here Mr. 

 Lancaster has a self-acting machine for turning the 

 outsides of barrels, from end to end ; and producing, 

 mathematically true, the proper shape and curve, 

 from the muzzle to the breeching. This apparatus 

 has cost him immense pains and expense, and is, 

 no question, the best invention that has ever been 

 adopted; as regular shooting must, in a great de- 

 gree, depend on the regular thickness, and the re- 

 gular tapering of the barrel. 



I flatter myself that, ere long, I may probably 

 have the thanks of many sportsmen, though perhaps 

 any thing but the thanks of many gunmakers, for 

 advising Lancaster to come forward, at the west end 

 of the town, and produce with his own name that ad- 

 mirable work of his, which has been the means of 

 establishing the names of so many others in the gun 

 trade. If he spares no expense in getting the other 

 parts of his guns equal to his barrels, he need not 

 fear as to standing one of the first on the list, and 

 soon making a fortune. I have therefore reason to 

 think that, before this edition is printed off, Mr. 

 Lancaster will commence business, as gunmaker, as- 

 sisted by some of the best workmen in London. 

 While only known as a barrel maker, he has been 

 in the habit of " ribbing," " breeching" and putting 



