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pattern barrels, 52, 53 ; steel 

 and Damascus, 59 ; Whit - 

 worth steel, 59 ; cost of Whit- 

 worth barrels, 60; Damascus, 

 English Damascus, and Bel- 

 gian Damascus barrels, 60-63; 

 the length of barrels, 63-66; 

 the merits of chokes and cylin- 

 ders, 67-90 ; how to clean and 

 preserve barrels, 178, 179, 190- 

 193 ; precautions necessary to 

 prevent 'pits,' 185-188; cleaning 

 rods and other appliances, 191; 

 the wire brush, 196, 197 



Basket for catching pheasants, ii. 

 62, 63 



Battue, use of the term as applied 

 to covert shooting, criticised, ii. 

 16 



Beaters and drivers, accidents to 

 when shooting in covert, i. 121, 

 122 ; wages, ii. 152, 153 ; posi- 

 tions of when driving pheasants, 

 170-189 ; demeanour, 199, 200 ; 

 when to teach them their duties, 

 200 ; dress, 200 ; signal for, 201 ; 

 use of when walking up par- 

 tridges, 217-226 ; when driving 

 partridges, 240-247 ; conduct 

 when driving, 254, 255 ; when 

 grouse driving, 316, 324, 326- 

 337 ; flags for, 373 ; use of when 

 rabbit shooting, 408 



Beech woods not favourable to 

 good sport, ii. 143 



Belgian Damascus gun-barrels, i. 

 61-63 



Berkshire, pheasant rearing in, ii. 

 37 



Birmingham r. London guns, i. 

 20, 21 



Bluberhouse Moor, grouse shooting 

 at, ii. 11 



Bore of guns, i. 46-53. See also 

 Choke-bores; and Cylinder-bores 



Brandon, Norfolk, partridge shoot- 

 ing at, ii. 252 



Brass grouse cases, i. 244 



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Breechloading guns, perfection of, 

 i. 1 ; experiments with, and 

 muzzle-loaders, 3 ; reasons why 

 muzzle-loaders are inferior, 3 ; 

 immunity from danger when 

 loading breechloaders, 5 ; impor- 

 tance of a good fit, 6, 35 ; recent 

 improvements in construction, 

 6, 7 ; double guns, 7 ; cheap r. 

 best, 8 ; difference in appearance 

 imperceptible to the novice, 9 ; 

 cheap not suited for hard work, 

 9-11 ; penetration, 11 ; price, 

 12 ; best guns, 13 ; their con- 

 struction, 13 ; the barrel, 13-15; 

 locks, breech : fittings, stock, 

 engraving, 15-17 ; cheap guns 

 and their construction, 17, 18 ; 

 prices and values, 17, 19-21 ; 

 general advice on purchasing, 

 19-22 ; London v. Birmingham 

 make, 20, 21 ; hammer, 23-25 ; 

 hammerless, 23, 25-29 ; ejector, 

 29-33. See Ejector guns; Ham- 

 mer guns; and Hammerless 

 guns 



Buckingham, pheasant rearing in, 

 ii.37 ; beech woods of, not favour- 

 able to good sport, 143 



Buckskin gloves for partridge 

 shooting, ii. 262 



CAMBRIDGE, large root fields of, and 

 shooting over dogs, ii. 142 ; 

 partridge driving in, 233, 234 



Cartridge makers, i. 204 



Cartridges, i. 6, 202, 204, 209-211, 

 243 ; Kynoch's brass grouse 

 cases, 244 ; magazine for car- 

 tridges, 245 ; bag for, 246, 247 ; 

 the shoulder strap and its uses, 

 247 ; extractors for, 247 ; sleeve- 

 let for men carrying, 248 ; how 

 to keep cartridges dry, 250 ; how 

 to extract and recharge at a ' hot 

 corner,' ii. 205, 206 



Cats, ii. 10,41, 77,86, 139 



