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No. 1 and 2 for a seven gauge, and A. or B, for a 

 Jive ditto, or cA bore, are preferable to the very largest 

 shot, by the same reason that No. 7 is best for game. 



Mould shot alone, therefore, in any caliber less than 

 that of a stanchion gun, is like No. 1 in a double gun : 

 it may do wonders, for which you relinquish the cer- 

 tainty of what other shot will do. 



To prove, that even one of these pellets may be 

 carried off by a wildfowl, I should mention the cir- 

 cumstance of having seen a brentgoose, which, after 

 having been brought down, flying, with No. 2, was dis- 

 covered to have, under the wing, an old wound, con- 

 siderably more than an inch deep : and out of this was 

 taken one of the largest mould shot, which had rolled 

 up in feathers, and formed a sort of tent. 



The following is a table of what I find the best shot 

 for wildfowl: 



No. 

 Common sporting-guns; or what the 



gunners call " Pop "-guns . 3 for fair 1 j 



1 long ) S 



Shoulder duck-guns 1 for fair 1 j 



A long J s 



