APPENDIX. A. 



477 



of shot ; or I will alter them to suit purchaser, free of charge, if re- 

 quired after trial. 



Of whatever price the gun is, I will have it shoot well, when it 

 leaves me, but the finer stuff holds out the longer, resisting the affinity 

 of lead to the barrels, as well as the corrosive qualities of gunpowder ; 

 hence my preference to steel barrels, or next to them, the steel mix- 

 ture 



I have recently got word of a fellow in San Francisco, Cal., who 

 has actually sold guns there, to friends of mine, as though they came 

 from me, he pretending to act as my agent. I may here state to you, 

 I have no agent, nor is any new gun, having my name on it, genuine, 

 unless purchased of myself. 



I have put the fellow in the hands of an attorney to settle with 

 him, the same attorney being one of the men imposed on, by a sham 

 gun, purporting to have come from me. 



I herein send you a table of the comparative strength of gun- 

 barrels, of various kinds of metals, as fully authenticated by experi- 

 ments in proof. 



You will perceive the laminated steel barrels stand first for 

 strength, and stub and steel mixture next, and preserve their cleanli- 



I am, dear sir, yours respectfully, 



JOHN MULLIN. 

 No. 16 Ann st., New York. 



