DUCK SHOT. 287 



No. 

 Shoulder duck -guns . 1 for fair) , 



A long/ shots - 



Punt-guns 3 for starlight. 



1 for fair shots (or in the 

 dark, when birds are 

 wilder than in starlight). 



Packed by regular layers in car- ( S. S. G. Above 100 yards, 

 tridges <?L. G. Wild random shoot- 



- ( S. S. G. A 

 IL.G. Wil 

 ( ing. 



A. or A A. are the best for geese, particularly by 

 day, provided they are so tame as not to require 

 S.8.G. In my second edition, I talked of mixing- 

 shot ; but have since had reason to doubt whether it 

 answers so well. 



General Shrapnell tells me, that some man in Ire- 

 land had contrived to imitate his shells, or spherical 

 case shot, with which he did wonders at the wildfowl. 

 I have been favoured, by a gentleman in Kent, with 

 the recipe for making and adapting them to small 

 guns. But lest it might prove improper to publish 

 it (which I could riot well and clearly do without an 

 engraving) I shall say no more on the subject, but 

 leave this admirable invention as the valuable pro- 

 perty of the British ordnance. 



