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very best style, and, for neatness and 

 finish, are not to be surpassed, if equalled. 

 The workmanship is perfect ; and these 

 advantages, coupled with the circum- 

 stance of Mr. Westley Richards charging 

 some fourteen or fifteen guineas less than 

 his competitors in the trade, have secured 

 to the aforesaid " Bishop of Bond-street" 

 such a flow of first-rate patronage and 

 custom as to keep this self-created pre- 

 late in constant work. 



Mr. George Wood, of Ottershaw, with 

 whom I have the pleasure of being ac- 

 quainted, patronizes the Bishop ; and his 

 keepers and himself have dealt death and 

 destruction with Mr. Richards's guns in 

 the well-stocked preserves of this beauti- 

 ful domain. I happened to be in Surrey 

 two years ago, and Mr. Wood was kind 

 enough to invite me over to Ottershaw, 

 after his return from the Highlands. 



My own guns were in Brittany, but 



