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assistant, Mr. Long, who was formerly a master at 

 Andover, and who has a head little inferior to that of 

 Joseph himself. Mr. Wilkinson, jun., an artist of great 

 mechanical talent, has bid adieu to the smoke of the 

 city, and started, with his father, in great force at the 

 west end, where he appears to have every thing in the 

 first style. Mr. Nock, Mr. Charles Moore, Mr. Smith, 

 and it would be endless to say how many others, are 

 now quite au fait in the detonating system of gun- 

 making. Also Mr. William Moore, who was an old 

 hand at Joe's, and knew, to a hair, how to fit a man's 

 shoulder with a gun. I have often stood over him 

 when a journeyman, and no man better pleased me with 

 a job. Depend on it he will do well, and get to the top 

 of the tree ; though, like a wise fellow, he starts carefully 

 at first, by feeling his way at a small place, instead of 

 jumping into a " swell" residence, and from that into 

 gaol ; as many people, both in and out of trade, are 

 now-a-days so frequently doing. " Billy Moore" is a 

 right-hand man with the " knobs," or crack pigeon- 

 shooters, and their patronage is a host in itself towards 

 a good lift in business. Though I have said this of 

 Moore, I never dealt with him, because, for my own 

 part, I prefer Lancaster's guns to any others in town. 



Westley Richards is quite the star of Birmingham, 

 with more business than ever ; and his Bond-street agent, 

 Uncle Bishop, is now perhaps the first man in London 

 to serve all gentlemen who want a good gun at a few 

 hours' notice. Buying a ready-made gun, at a respect- 

 able shop, is cheaper and better than going to an inferior 

 maker, by reason that, instead of waiting six months 

 for one, which, after all, you might not be pleased with, 

 you may here at once suit yourself, and, sometimes, full 



