138 THE SPORTSMAN IN FRANCE. 



No. of 



grains of shot. 



Captain P . Joe Manton . 54 



Mr.W . . Purdey ... 63 



Myself . . . . W. Moore . . 69 



Every sheet (and there were twenty) 

 was perforated, and the bark of the tree 

 itself considerably indented. 



The Frenchmen seemed thunder-struck, 

 and Monsieur Lepage was terribly crest- 

 fallen. The shooting of our guns was 

 incalculably superior. All three of Mon- 

 sieur Lepage's guns scattered exces- 

 sively, particularly the one used by 

 Monsieur Hubert. In contradistinction, 

 the one I had, and which was made by 

 Mr. Moore, shot very closely, and was 

 certainly as good a gun as I ever met 

 with ; I used it during our little excur- 

 sion to Mery, and committed great havoc 

 amongst the quail and partridges. 



After several energetic sacre nom de 

 Dieus, we were requested to shorten the 



