NIGHT CARTRIDGES. 



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thin cartridge-paper (or, for a common gun, ladies' 

 curling-paper), and place it thus to the mould, B. 



Roll the mould on a hard board, or table, till the 

 paper has been wound as close as possible round it. 

 Then tuck the corner, C, tight into the concave bottom 

 of the mould ; and afterwards press in all the lower 

 edge, in order to form a bottom. Close it with sealing- 

 wax, which is better than paste ; as that soon gets damp. 

 Having thus formed your cartridge, put the mould, with 

 the cartridge round it, into the receiver, D, and press, 

 or stamp, the mould hard on the table, to equalize the 

 bottom of the cartridge. The receiver should be broad 

 below, in order to stand firm on the table. The dotted 

 lines show its cylinder, which should be just within the 

 size of that of the gun. 



