DUCK GUN WADDING. 



of firing. But, on the other hand, I should pro- 

 nounce any kind of tow extremely dangerous, by 

 being liable to leave particles in the barrel, unless 

 well kept together by being a little tarred, or some 

 other means. 



Having mislaid the tables of about a dozen shots, 

 I have just fired two more expressly to enter here ; 

 they prove as follows : 



With No. 5 shot, at forty yards. 



FIRST ROUND, 

 WITH PAPER DOUBLED. 



PASTEBOARD. 



1st sheet. Through 2-ltli 



42 



OAKUM. 



1st sheet. Through 21th sheet. 



1st sheet. 



90 



59 



SECOND ROUND, 



WITH PAPER OPEN. 

 1st sheet. 



Through 12th sheet. 



66 



Through 12th sheet. 



90 



The two rounds of each wadding were fired alter- 

 nately from the same barrel. This wadding being 

 first put, answers very well with a cartridge of shot, 

 in very large guns, which by this means shoot closer. 

 I tried it with a cartridge in a small gun, and it did 

 not answer near so well in proportion. Mr. Egg, in 

 competition with this, names leather " mosings," or 

 shavings, between two punched waddings. But in a 

 few shots that I tried, I found it far inferior. 



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