GUN CASES. 87 



it inconvenient to carry his gun in a sail cloth, and 

 over that an oil-skin case, let him have a short piece 

 of wood, just infill up the hollow of his stock, made 

 flat at the top, and with loops to receive the bolts at 

 the bottom. Let the place where his lock fits in be 

 either wrapped up, or guarded by pasteboard, arid 

 the lock itself be put in his portmanteau. The stock, 

 covered over, may then be safely put in the seat, and 

 he may either lay the barrel with it, or carry it in 

 his hand ; or sling both in a bit of canvas under the 

 inside of the roof. 



