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has not experienced the blessing of having 

 been fitted by this renowned son of Cris- 

 pin can form any idea of the luxury of 

 his phable casings for the extremities. 

 They are as supple and flexible as a silk 

 stocking, and impervious to wet — in 

 short, inconceivably delightful to the 

 bog-trotter. 



I have already adverted to the supe- 

 riority of the English over the French 

 guns, both as regards material and work- 

 manship. The difference in price is cer- 

 tainly great, and I must acknowledge 

 that the sum demanded by our crack 

 makers is rather exorbitant, — but, if the 

 sportsman wish to have a really good 

 gun, he must expect to pay a good price ; 

 and T am convinced there is no real eco- 

 nomy in buying an inferior article. I 

 have an innate horror of cheap things of 

 any kind ; and as to a cheap gun, I mean, 

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