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Colonel Thornton, using his famous flint- 

 locks Death and Destruction, was obliged 

 to note in his diary that "to-day they 

 missed eight fair shots in succession, 

 though I fitted them with five different 

 flints." Now, the sportsman may buy his 

 gun at almost any price from five pounds 

 to a hundred, with fair certainty that 

 eight misfires will scarcely be his lot 

 in ten seasons. In choosing your guns, 

 it is best to harden your heart at once, 

 loose your purse strings, and pay the 

 price asked by the best London makers. 

 Admitted that the price is a stiff one, 

 still you may rest assured that you will 

 be getting a first-class article, which, 

 treated with reasonable care, will last you 

 a lifetime, and which can be relied upon 

 to give good value for the money. 



I know that many think it absurd to 

 throw your money away on expensive 

 guns, that you are paying for the name 

 and not for the gun, and that you could 

 get them every bit as good at half or one- 

 third the price. Now I hold no brief for 



