100 SHOT. 



PATENT DROP SHOT. 



AA ; -;.Vi- . .40 



A* . . .50 



BB .... 58 



B ... 75 



1 .... 82 



2 :tf ... 112 



3 ... 135 



4 . 177 



5 . . .218 



6 . . 280 



7 . . .341 



8 . 600 



9 .. V . 984 

 10 .. . 1726 



The pleasure of using and counting the dust shot, 

 I leave to those who recommend it ! 



The shot of different manufacturers varies much in 

 size : for example, an ounce of No. 7, from Messrs. 

 Walker and Parker, amounts to 341 pellets ; and the 

 same weight, from Mr. Beaumont (late Preston), 398 

 ditto, &c. : and in some places the numbers are re- 

 versed. 



Many sportsmen recommend the use of unglazed 

 shot ; others wet their shot with sweet oil. I have tried 

 both these plans repeatedly, but could not find sufficient 

 advantage in either to justify my recommending them. 



* In the general use of a common duck-gun, at flight, where the 

 coast is much disturbed, I have found this to be the best shot for 

 wildfowl, as they most commonly present ten long shots for one fair 

 one, and are so apt to^ after being mortally wounded. But for 

 the proper night-shooting afloat, with a 70lb. barrel, that will burn 

 2oz. of powder, No. 1, in the long run, is worth all the other sizes 

 put together. 



