118 SHOOTING : 



Guns, we all know, are dang'rous implements, 

 Therefore, t r escape the chance of accidents, 

 Never for any purpose ope a door 

 With one in hand, except you have before 

 Discharg'd the same ; the deaths we daily read, 

 Thro' negligence with fire arms, ought to lead 

 All Sportsmen to adopt this course, and shun 

 The thought of ent'ring with a loaded gun, 

 Their own, or any other habitation ; 

 For which the loss of charge is poor occasion. 

 Now freshen'd by your frugal meal, you beat 

 The likely ground again ; the ardent heat 

 The mid-day Sun affords, is now relax'd ; 

 No greater pleasure feels than to be tax'd, 

 The thorough Sportsman, to retrace the ground 

 Where famous sport he thro' the morning found ; 

 For 'tis a well known fact, that many more 

 Brace to the bag are prize, when o'er and o'er 

 A beat's well tried, than when for it you change 

 A rambling, long, and oft uncertain range. 



