which should be wide. According to my own opinion, 

 the most satisfactory form of creeping-carriage is that 

 in which the occupant, resting the weight of the fore- 

 part of his body on a cross-board, propels himself 

 with his knees, instead of lying at full length on a 

 platform and using his feet as means of propulsion. 

 The recommendations of the knee-propelled carriage 

 are : that it may be more readily steered than the 

 carriage in which the gunner lies at full length and 

 works with his feet ; that more rapid and more easy 

 progress may be made ; that, as the occupant can 

 relieve it of practically all his weight, uneven pieces 

 of ground can be crossed with far less difficulty; 

 and that, for the purpose more especially of taking 

 the best advantage of an unexpected shot, which may 

 offer better prospects than one at the small lot of 

 fowl he is stalking, he can release himself in a second 

 by simply remaining on his knees and thrusting the 

 carriage forward. 



For a man of medium height and build the 

 framework of the creeping-carriage may be, roughly, 

 5 ft. 6 in. long, 2 ft. 6 in. wide, and 2 ft. high. 

 There must be no bottom cross-piece at the rear 

 to interfere with the leg movements of the gunner. 

 The wheels should be inside the framework. In the 

 forepart of the carriage, fixed at, or just above, 



