iyS RIGHT AND LEFT BARREL. 



remarked that when the double-barrelled gun was first 

 introduced, some men with the instinct of fair play which 

 should ever characterise true sportsmen, considered it 

 only a poacher's weapon ; their argument being that if the 

 bird had been shot at once and escaped, it deserved its life ; 

 and if it always escaped injury, there would be something to 

 be said for their view ; but the weakness of this argument 

 lies in the fact that the bird may be only winged, and if not 

 marked down, may die after prolonged suffering ; whereas 

 the second barrel gives the sportsman another chance to 

 bring the quarry down. 



