392 INVISIBLE APPROACH. 



EXPLANATION. 



A A Bands of copper. 



B Plate of ditto to strengthen gun stock. 



C C Handles to wheel carriage. 



D Cord that goes over stock to elevate muzzle of gun, while 

 wheeling carriage. 



E Leather strap to support feet. 



F Splinter-bar to carry a hurdle, bushes, or any thing to mask 

 shooter, and apparatus, when approaching birds. 



(To do which he must unhook the cord, and let the gun rest on 

 the bar; then fix his ambush, and crawl along, pushing all before him 

 till he is near enough to get into his seat and fire.) 



DIRECTIONS. 



A barrel made with trunnions, or a spring swivel, is best; as 

 with this the copper is no longer required. 



N. B. Block to be 22 inches wide ; iron round the top of the hole; 

 and the stanchion to go through the axle-tree below. 



Keep the hole well oiled, to prevent rust ; and for the facility of 

 turning, or lifting out the gun. 



The ramrod, &c. may go on the carriage. 



Your shoulder and cheek should be kept just clear of the stock. 



INVISIBLE APPROACH. 



We have all been asleep about one invention and 

 that is the means of approaching wild birds in an open 

 plain, or on a pond which affords no ambush. The old 

 stalking horse was almost the only remedy for this, till 

 I brought out the " wildfowl artillery;" and, with either 

 of these, if birds <m\yfly round to reconnoitre, you are 

 exposed, and there is an end of your sport. But, at 

 last, thanks to this wonderful " march of intellect," I 

 have had the brains to contrive what I was a " flat" for 

 not thinking of ten years ago an invisible approach, 



