134 THE SPORTSMAN IN FRANCE. 



result of the trial, having heard wonders 

 of Lepage's make. 



Had a duel been about to take place, 

 more interest could not have been exhi- 

 bited than on the evening prior to the 

 appointed rendezvous. The locks of our 

 guns were carefully examined, and every 

 necessary precaution taken to ensure the 

 victory we anticipated. 



It will be admitted, no doubt, that we 

 had some grounds for being sanguine 

 when I state that the three guns we were 

 to bring into the field were from the hands 

 of Mr. Joseph Manton, Mr. Purdey, and 

 Mr. Wm. Moore, of the Edgware Road ; 

 which latter, by the way, was lent me 

 by my friend Mr. B , at Dieppe. 



Before setting out for Paris, I had 

 been in hopes of receiving my own gun 

 from Mr. John Manton, to whom I had 

 sent it to make a trifling alteration ; but 

 it did not arrive in time — much to my 



