20 OF SHOOTING, 



small, and will kill a hare from the distance 

 of thirty-five to forty-five paces, and par- 

 tridges at nearly fifty, provided the powder 

 be good. But if the sportsman proposes to 

 shoot wild ducks, or hares, he had better use 

 No. 4 or 5 ; and in any case where large 

 shot is required, No. 5 will be found better 

 than any other, for its size is not so large as 

 to prevent it from sufficiently garnishing, or 

 being equally spread in the circle, and it will 

 at the same time perform in effect all that 

 larger sized shot can do, which garnishes 

 but very little, if at all. 



THE PROPORTIONS OF POWDER 

 AND SHOT IN THE CHARGE. 



To find the charge that gives the longest 

 range in fowling-pieces of different dimensi- 

 ons, must be allowed to be a discovery of infi- 

 nite importance to every sportsman. Every 

 barrel has a particular load, not a measure 

 estimated by any rules, to be drawn from a 

 comparison made between the proportions 



