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nervous persons, and those who are 

 easily excited and liable to be put off 

 their guard, should never use a gun 

 without this valuable appendage. 



It may appear strange, after so strongly 

 advocating the system, to state that I do 

 not use it. From constant habit, and 

 never losing sight of the caution and 

 coolness that a really good sportsman 

 should be master of, I do not require it ; 

 nevertheless, I repeat, that young and 

 old should be provided with this decided 

 improvement, and the additional expense 

 is too trifling to be put into the scale 

 against this life-preserver ; it is a clever 

 and simple invention, which will be the 

 means of preventing anything in the 

 shape of an accident, by all who may 

 adopt it. 



Unlike all other guards, it effectually 

 bolts the lock, without interfering wdth 

 the usual mode of firing. When I men- 



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