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No. 1 and 2 for a *^^w gauge, and A. or B. for 

 a j## rffV/io, or /#c^ bore, are preferable to the very 

 largest shot, by the same reason that No. 7 is best 

 for game. 



Mould shot alone, therefore, in any caliber less 

 than that of a stanchion gun, is like No. 1 in a double 

 gun : it may do wonders, for which you relinquish 

 the certainty of what other shot will do. 



To prove, that even one of these pellets may be 

 carried off by a wildfowl, I should mention the cir- 

 cumstance of having seen a brentgoose, which, after 

 having been brought down, flying, with No. 2, was 

 discovered to have, under the iving, an old wound, 

 considerably more than an inch deep : and out of this 

 was taken one of the largest mould shot, which had 

 rolled up in feathers, and formed a sort of tent. 



The following is a table of what I find the best 

 shot for wildfowl : 



No. 

 Common sporting-guns; or what 



the gunners call " Pop "-guns 3 for fair \ , , 



1 long/ 81 



