76 BREECH-LOADERS. 



loading of a common gun and putting on caps 

 distress him beyond measure, especially if he has 

 been obliged to pull off his warm gloves before 

 he is able to effect it at last? No such bother 

 with a breech-loader. 



E e in chan ^' ^^at an advantage it is being 

 large. ^^ ^ ( j raw y Our charge in a moment, 



and change the number of your shot. How 

 often whilst after snipe do you come across duck; 

 or, whilst after hares and partridges, do you start 

 a herd of deer, a sounder of pig, or perhaps a 

 royal tiger ? 



30. How pleasant it is being able to substitute 

 ball for shot in a few seconds, instead of the old 

 tedious manner of drawing your charge with 

 the screw of your ramrod, which takes ten times 

 as long, and makes noise enough to scare away 

 the game. 



The sportsman can easily make up his own 

 cartridges at the rate of about half-a-gross in an 

 hour ; or, if he prefers it, he can purchase them 

 all ready from any gunmaker. 



