324 CANOE SHOOTING. 



one to nearly two pounds of shot ; which, as the so- 

 vereign remedy in the present time, I shall hereafter 

 explain to the very latest improvements. 



The gunner's principal enemy is the curlew, which 

 often springs up from the edges of the creeks, alarms 

 the whole place, and sometimes spoils them an ex- 

 cellent shot. 



