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selection of a gun, for where the manu- 

 facture is brought to such a pitch of per- 

 fection, as in the present day, by the two 

 Mantons, John and Joseph, Purdey, Wil- 

 liam Moore, and Westley Richards, For- 

 syth, &c., it is hard indeed to choose. 

 Each of these celebrated firms have their 

 patrons and admirers ; and the sportsman 

 must be fastidious indeed who could find 

 any fault with the workmanship. 



I have recorded the merits of the John 

 Manton gun I had with me at Guimgamp 

 — for ball shooting I never saw it equalled, 

 — but all the guns from Dover Street are 

 renowned for this quality ; hence the re- 

 putation they have gained for themselves 

 in India. I may say that during my cam- 

 paign at Monsieur de C 's chateau, I 



was indebted for my life to the excellence 

 of this gun ; for had it not carried a ball 

 in such a superior and rifle-like manner, 

 more than one boar would have taken 



