SPORTSMEN. FARMERS, &.C. US 



quite flat, and about iive or six inches 

 square, so that the lantern may rest flat on 

 it, and be fastened with a screw. The 

 handle of the stick must be five feet long, 

 about three inches broad, and quite flat, so 

 that it may lie easily on the shoulder. 

 — Now I have completely equipped you, 

 you have only to enter on your sport. 



I will point out to vou another method Howto shoot 



^ '^ Wild-Fowl and 



how you may amuse yourself with this Ian- le'Pherrby^'"^ 

 tern: hang the lantern, by abroad leathern "'^^^' 

 belt, over a man s neck, and strap it round 

 his body, to keep it steady. Let the man 

 carry a very large, deep-sounding bell, such 

 as is hung round the necks of cows, in 

 each hand, and keep incessantly ringing 

 them : this will prevent the noise of your feet 

 disturbing the animals you are searching 

 after. Proceed to the springs, and other 

 places which are not frozen up in hard wea- 

 ther: there, at night, i/ou ivill be sure to find 

 both ivild-foivl aud snipes. Walk behind 

 the man carrying^ the lantern, with a double oftheBeii 



'J ^ and Buffet, a 



gun ; one barrel loaded with duck-shot, the ^^'^gf^ent. 

 other with snipe-shot. This amusement 

 was called, one hundred vears ago, the 



