SHOT. 99 



it hits ; but is it always so sure of hitting ? And, if it 

 does take a bird, is not a vital part more likely to escape 

 from three or four straggling pellets, than from ten or 

 a dozen grains, which are regularly distributed in the 

 same space? Why does large shot in too small a 

 caliber fly not only thinner, but in a wider circle? 

 Because the larger the grains, the more, by rotary 

 motion, they rebound away from each other. 



The annexed schedule is about the usual weight of 

 shot. 



SCHEDULE OF SHOT, 



According to labelled samples, which were sent me 

 from Messrs. Walker, Maltby, and Co., Patent Shot 

 Tower, Lambeth. The firm is now Messrs. Walker, 

 Parker, and Co., as Mr. Maltby is established in the 

 shot-business by himself, at the new round tower on 

 the other side of the bridge. 



MOULD SHOT. 



No. of pellets 

 to 1 oz. 



LG -, 7 . 5 



MG . . (hardly) 9 



SG ... . .11 



SSG ; ; . $tf,\ . is 



SSSG . 17 



Best made, and by far the most usefyl of all mould shot. 



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