316 OF SHOOTING, 



charge being doubled as required, and the 

 whole piece heavy enough to render the re- 

 coil supportable. I have already observed 

 that an increase of powder, above the charge 

 generally used, does not produce a propor- 

 tionable increase of range in the shot; thus 

 a double charge of powder will not throw the 

 ball, or shot, to twice the distance the single 

 charge does ; this may be ascertained on a 

 still sheet of water, three hundred yards long, 

 or upon snow. 



INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE CHOICE 



OF GUNPOWDER, SHOT, 



WADDING, &c. 



By far the most certain method of deter- 

 mining the quality, is by drying some of it 

 very well, and then trying how many sheets 

 of paper it will drive the shot through, at the 

 distance of fifteen or twenty yards. In the 

 trial, the shooter should be very careful to 

 use the same sized shot in each experiment,- 

 the quantity of the shot and powder being re- 



