SHOOTING. 



second bird, may be suffered to fly to a proper di- 

 stance ; and let those, who are not to be trusted with 

 both barrels cocked, get the gravitating stops., or use 

 a single gun. 



Since publishing the first edition of this work, I 

 have seen, on the plan here recommended, fifteen 

 double shots at partridges fairly killed in succession, 

 provided I may be allowed to include one of the 

 number which towered and fell at so great a distance 

 that it was never bagged. It is, of course, not meant 

 to include among these doublets such birds as were 

 sprung by the report of one barrel, and /filled with 

 the other. Shots of this kind certainly intervened, 

 as we'll as single ones at different sorts of game. The 

 number altogether, killed by the same person, in about 

 five days, amounted to sixty head, without one miss. 

 The barrels here used were two feet eight inches 

 in length, and twenty-two gauge. Those, for the 

 performance before stated, were of the same length, 

 and fourteen gauge. Both the guns were made by 

 Mr. Joseph Manton, and each had the elevated top- 

 piece ; but, contrary to what he usually recommends, 

 they were leaded at the but, and had the sights filed 

 very small. 



A sight, however, as before observed, is so seldom 

 required by a quick shot, that this is of little conse- 

 quence ; except that I wish to mention, specifically, 

 the most trifling deviations, here adopted, from what 

 is most commonly turned out by Mr. Manton. 



Many sportsmen of the old school would be quite 



