SPORTSMEN, FARMERS, &C. l67 



of No. 5 or 6 will only maim the bird, but 

 wound him so, that, although he will fly 

 away, and you never get him, he undoubt- 

 edly may die. At least, gentlemen, I think 

 it is fairly worthy of giving it a trial : but 

 let me ask you a question ! Do you ever 

 expect to kill an old hare with No, 5 or 0, 

 at seventy yards ? Upon my word, she 

 will canter on and laugh at you. I assure 

 you, on my word, / have killed some dozens 

 above seventy yards ivith No, 2. Now pray 

 observe of what infinite advantage it will 

 be to your manor, provided you order your 

 gamekeeper, after the first month of Sep- 

 tember, ever to shoot with No. 2 ; morning 

 and evening, late and early, when vermin 

 ever rove, if he falls in with a kite, hawk, 

 carrion-crow, magpie, or any four-legged 

 vermin, he is ever prepared to destroy 

 them *. 



* I beg leave to call your attention to two facts 

 which are stated in the foregoing pages : the first is, 

 my having killed a partridge above seventy yards^ put 

 three shots into him, two of which went in behind, 

 passed through his body, and went out at his breast. 

 The second is, a man, shooting with me, having killed 



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