102 SHOT. 



with more precision in the barrel, and consequently be 

 more evenly dispersed in and round the object. 



*#* Before this article first went to press, I made a point of pro- 

 curing, for examination, a sample of the new shot, and then of going 

 down to Messrs. Walker and Co/s manufactory expressly to ascertain 

 all particulars as to its advantages : consequently I did not begin 

 writing on the subject from the mere ipse dixit of Mr. Mantou. I 

 then used this shot for the only fortnight that I took up a gun the 

 season after it first came out ; and, as I never shot better, or made 

 more long shots, since detonaters have been the order of the day, I 

 have every reason to speak well of it. The number of shots tried 

 I do not remember ; but I have a memorandum of killing 207 head 

 of game in six days (though a part of each day was devoted to some 

 extraordinary sport in trout fishing, owing to damp windy weather). 

 I may therefore venture to say that I have given this shot a pretty 

 fair trial. It appears however that, perhaps owing to the extra 

 price, there is now but little demand for this shot; and indeed the 

 new system of saturating the edges of the wadding, with a mercurial 

 preparation, serves as a substitute for many of its advantages. 



ELEY'S PATENT SHOT-CARTRIDGES. 



I have taken as much trouble about these cartridges 

 as if I had been a partner in the concern ; because I 

 found the invention to be one of great merit. But, 

 for want of these cartridges being brought to perfection 

 before they were served to the public, there arose many 

 prejudices which it may now be a work of time to over- 

 come. It would be an absolute waste of paper to publish 

 the experiments I have made, and the correspondence 

 I have had, with Mr. Jenour the inventor, and Mr. 

 Eley the purchaser of the patent ; because all that the 

 public can wish for is to hear, from some disinterested 



