310 FRANK forester's FIELD SPORTS. 



apparatus, as practiced and adopted on the coast of England, 

 all which would be of no more use to a sportsman here, than a 

 treatise on archery of the fourteenth century to a Kentucky 

 rifleman. 



The above extracts are practical, and applicable to any and 

 every country, and cannot fail to be found generally useful. 



The only other observations to be made on Upland fowl 

 shooting, relate to the quality of gun most adapted to the sport, 

 and the size of shot, grain of powder, and the like, which are, 

 of course, all more or less different from those uied in Upland 

 shooting for ordinary game. 



To a person living in a country where this sport can be rea- 

 dily and often pursued, and who is an amateur in it, a gun espe- 

 cially made for the purpose is indispensable. It must be a 

 double-barrel, and as heavy as can conveniently be earned ; 

 the more metal, the less recoil, and the greater force of propul- 

 sion ; extreme length is utterly useless — nay, detrimental ! — for 

 a gun of four feet baiTel must either be unmanageably pon- 

 derous, or must be so light at the breech as to become top-heavy. 

 All that is requisite is a gun that will throw from two to three 

 ounces of No. 3 or 4 shot, very strong, and very regularly dis- 

 tributed. For any ordinary purpose, two ounces of shot is suffi- 

 cient ; and in my opinion the gun which will do that as effec- 

 tively as any that can be made, is one of 12-guage, 36 inches 

 baiTel, and 9 to 10 lbs. weight. A gun of this kind can be fur- 

 nished by Mr. MuUin, of Barclay street, New- York, next door 

 to the " Spirit of the Times" office, for a hundred dollars, of ex- 

 cellent quality ; and I only give an opinion on which I have 

 acted, and not been disappointed, when I say that I would ra- 

 ther have a gun of his workmanship made to my order, for any 

 price not exceeding one hundred and fifty dollars, than any im- 

 ported gun at the same rate. 



The high qualities of English guns are not to be surpassed, 

 but cannot be furnished by any first-rate maker short of — appur- 

 tenances included — <£56. This, with 30 perct. ad valorcjn duty 

 added, shipping charges, &c., will amount to a very large price. 



