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and found to give an average of nearer 

 100 than 70 yards. 



The owner of the moor was a lady, 

 and had naturally left the management 

 to the keeper ; and though he was an 

 intelligent fellow, and his general disposi- 

 tions were distinctly good, the failure in 

 this one detail was enough in itself to 

 more than half-spoil the day. 



Butts should always be well and 

 solidly built, having some regard to the 

 comfort of future occupants, who may 

 have to pass long, cold hours in rain and 

 wind with no other shelter against the 

 elements. To give a guest six inches of 

 water in his butt is scarcely more inhospit- 

 able than to give him damp sheets in his 

 bed. Single -faced butts for this reason 

 must be utterly condemned, though they 

 are what a lazy keeper will put up if he 

 is allowed to. 



Butts should be rectangular or circular : 

 the circular butt is very convenient to 

 shoot from ; but many object to them, 

 because they give no indication of the 



