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This device is for the Winter only, when much wet 

 is on the ground, and not when the Furrows are dry. 

 Now if the waters be frozen, you muft nriake plafhes ; 

 and the harder the Froft, the greater refort will there 

 be of thefe fmaller Fowl. 



Of the F^O W L I N G-P I E C E a^^the 

 STALKING-HORSE. 



THat is ever efteemed the beft Fowling-piece which 

 hath the longeft Barrel, being hve foot and a half 

 or fix foot long, with an indifferent bore, under Har- 

 quebufs. 



Provide the beft fort of Powder as near as you can, 

 and let it not be old , for keeping weakens it much, 

 efpecially if it grow damp i therefore when you have 

 occafisn to ufe it, dry it well in a Fire-fhovel, and lift 

 it through a fine Searcher to take away that duft which 

 hindreth the more forcible effects, and fouleth yout 

 piece. 



Let your Shot be well fized, and of a moderate big- 

 nefs i for if it be too great, then it fcatters too much : 

 if too fmall,it hath not weight nor ffrength futficient 

 to do execution on a large Fowl. 



Shot being not to be had at all times, and in all 

 places, fuitable to your occafions and defires , I fhall 

 therefore here fet down the true procefs of making all 

 forts and fizes under Mould-fliot. 



Take what quantity of Lead you pleafe , and melt 

 it down in an Iron VefTel, and as it melts keep it ffir- 

 ring with an Iron-Ladle, and clear it of all impurities 

 whatfoever that may arife at the top by skimming 

 them off. Then when the Lead begins to be of a 



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