122 FRANK forester's FIELD SPORTS. 



ship to him, as he will certainly be promptly and properly 

 served. 



I have tried metallic wadding for common fowlingpieces, and 

 think well of it, not having found it liable to the objection gene- 

 rally brought against it, that it scratches the interior of the bat- 

 rel, which I believe to be impossible. Its advantages are, its 

 small bulk, its portability, and its non-liability to become wet. 

 Any cut wadding, made of pasteboard, free from glue or paste, 

 is however as good as anything can be. For all shooting, but 

 most of all, for sea-fowl shooting, Starkey's central fire caps, at 

 five dollars the thousand, are the best copper caps, by a thou- 

 sand to one, that are made. No degiee of dampness or wet 

 will prevent their instant ignition, and discharging their whole 

 fire into the tube of the nipple, they do not corrode the exterior, 

 and are the cleanest, quickest, and strongest implements of igni- 

 tion I have ever tested. Despite the price, I use no others. 



