IT may not be amiss to remind the beginner what 

 articles he should know that he lias with Mm before 

 starting for the field (exclusive of having an oilskin 

 gun-cover in case of rain) : viz, powder flask, shot, 

 wadding, a knife, and a flint-case, with a gunpicker 

 and turnscrew, which, as well as a little chamber-probe, 

 are usually attached to this case. We will say nothing 

 about a game-bag, as a man, who requires to be told all 

 this, is very unlikely to kill more than may be con- 

 tained in his pockets. 



In case he should forget some of these things, I only 

 beg the favour of him to learn one poor line of blank 

 verse, which will be easier remembered than one quarter 

 of what has been here said in prose : 



Take powder, shot, gun, wadding, flints, and knife, 



or, if with detonater, 



caps, and case. 



