VI CONTENTS. 



Page 



The Hare <, 154, 



The Fowling-piece . . . .159 



Proof of Barrels . . . v . 168 



Causes of Bursting . . . . 170 



Cleaning Gun-barrels . . . .175 



Of the Recoil . . . . . 176 



Of the Range of Barrels . . . 177 



Scattering of Shot . . . .181 



The Patent Breech . . , . 1 84 



Elevated Breech . . . . 1 85 



Of the Stock, Lock, &c. \ . .186 



Forsytes Patent Gun-lock . . .190 



The best Fowling-piece . . .194- 



Gunpowder . . . . .196 



Shot . . . . . . 203 



The Proportions of Powder and Shot in the Charge 205 

 The Wadding . . . . .207 



Of Shooting ; Instructions for Juvenile Sportsmen 211 

 To keep a Fowling-piece from Rusting Receipts 



for making Shoes resist Water . . 235 



A Receipt to poison Mountains and other Lands 236 

 Wild-Duck Shooting . . . . 238 



General Observations . . . . 240 



Technical Terms ..... 270 



Sportsman's Journal . . . . 272 



