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or cartridges. Then there Is a pocket for 

 game Hcence and any small articles. 



"In the matter of cartridges, there Is also a 

 great difference between English and Ger- 

 man sportsmen. An Englishman put his 

 cartridges into his bag Indiscriminately, and 

 they are all generally one size shot, probably 

 No. 5. A German, on the other hand, has 

 to provide for various contingencies ; I am 

 now alluding to covert shooting. He can 

 never tell that he will not see a boar or a 

 roe-deer, and In some parts a stag too. His 

 principal game Is hare, but he may meet 

 with woodcocks or hazel - hens. Conse- 

 quently, he Is generally provided with half a 

 dozen kinds of cartridges, ball and buckshot 

 for pig or stag, Nos. 2 (or 3), and 4 for hare, 

 fox, and roe-deer, and 6 for woodcock. The 

 usual charge Is 4 In the right barrel, and 2 



