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WADDING. 



Wadding punched from hat or common card will answer the 

 purpose, but these articles are inferior to soft millboard, about 

 the thickness of three cards. If cork were so cut as to fit the 

 caliber of the fowling-piece, there is little question but it would 

 be superior to any other kind of wadding ; but, in this case the 

 assistance of a regular cork cutter will be required, as I think, 

 from some trials which I made, that cork cannot be punched. 

 The thick soft millboard is preferable to any which I have ever 

 used ; though an old hat will make excellent wadding. 



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