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ing, that it is a most ingenious production : 

 at the same time declaring that, in those 

 parts where he works up your expectation, 

 expecting that you \viil be acquainted with 

 some very great improvement, his whole 

 propositions and assertions are founded on 

 nothing but theoretical argumerits, 

 ^InchS'^^' There are gun-makers in London, who 

 makers. tell you, that they have a rifle-bench^ in 

 which they rifle their guns, w hich has cost 

 them above two hundred pounds. More 

 fools they ! for I will procure them as many 

 as they choose to have, from Germany, for 

 a few pounds. This wonderful machine 

 they will, on no consideration, shew^ yc>u. I 

 cannot help laughing in their faces, after 

 having seen so many guns rifled in Ger- 

 many : and I wdll tell tliem something 

 more. Several years ago, when I was last in 

 Germany (I imagine every thing must 

 now be much dearer) I could purchase a 

 capital, good rifle for three guineas; and 

 have reason to think, that, at this time, they 

 would not charge above five guineas : and 

 this rifle shall shoot, in every respect, both 

 at long and short distances, as well as one 



