MISCELLANEOUS HINTS. " 365 



have a large front to protect the eyes, and a back to put clown 

 at pleasure, to turn the rain off from the neck and shoulders. 

 A cap made after this style is called by the cap-makers the 

 Napoleon ca]). 



The cap we use has no lining in it, and we find it quite warm 

 enough without it for most kinds of shooting ; if the weather, 

 however, is very cold and boisterous during "Wild Fowl shoot- 

 ing, we place a quilted lining in the crown, which makes it as 

 comfortable as need be. The fustian coat will not answer for 

 Wild Fowl shooting, as it is not sufficiently warm. Nothing 

 but wool will do for this purpose; to preserve which, in the 

 summer season, from the annoying attacks of the moths, is no 

 small affair ; however, we will try to put our readers in a way 

 to effectually defy the efforts of these little torments. 



A bag sufficiently large to hold all the woollen shooting 

 clothes should be made of strong linen, and before putting the 

 clothing in it, it should be wrung out of turpentine, and hung 

 up to dry. The clothes, after being well beat and brushed, are 

 put into this bag with pieces of camphor distributed in the 

 pockets. The bag is then sewed up and put away in some dark 

 hole or another, and not opened until the return of the Ducking- 

 season, when all will be found right; without this precaution, a 

 whole suit will be riddled by these voracious little varmints in 

 the course of one Summer. Fustian, as before said, being 

 manufactured entirely of cotton, is not, of course, liable to the 

 attacks of moths. 



IMPORTANCE OF CLEAN GUNS. 



Sportsmen cannot be too particular in cleaning their guns, 

 to prevent the accumulation of anything like rust. It would 

 seem almost absurd for us to advise our readers never to put 

 their arms away without washing them out thoroughly, and 

 rubbing them perfectly dry with a good supply of that very 

 essential article vulgarly termed "elbow grease." ISTevertheless, 

 this recommendation is a necessary precaution, as we were in- 

 formed, a few days since, that one of our oldest and most expe- 

 rienced Sporting friends was in the habit of laying his gun by 

 at the conclusion of each shooting season without even so much 



