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rope alone, and, with ordinary care, never found 

 the slightest inconvenience therefrom. As I have 

 tried it under every condition and phase of punting, 

 with every kind of punt and gun, and proved it to 

 act admirably at all times when properly arranged, 

 I will chiefly confine myself to this method of 

 checking recoil. When one plan answers well and 

 meets all your wishes, there is no necessity to go on 

 a tour looking for others ; and let this be my argu- 

 ment in its favour, and for my preference in de- 

 scribing it above others. Colonel Hawker's spiral 



TRUNNIONS SUITABLE FOR ALL SWIVEL-GUNS. 



The arms to project at least 2in. on either side from the barrel. 

 Breeching on one side is cast off to show eye on rope. 



spring was a perfect and clever invention, and it 

 suited well the broad substantial punts he used, with 

 their inch or more thick floors. 



Fowl could be outwitted in those days easier 

 than now ; they scarce looked on a punt with sus- 

 picion then, and a block of wood like a small tree 

 stump to take the pin of the recoil apparatus was 

 not much in the way in a punt four feet or more 

 wide on the floor. But noiu we want much lighter 

 and quicker worked crafts to get up to the more 



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