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THE SPORTSMAN'S VADE-MECUM 



will be Sin. long, the width, CD, about IJin., to allow of plenty of 

 stuff to twist up after wrapping round bullet. A pattern should 



^_ 3 Inches ."., 



be cut from a piece of cardboard or tin, by which eight papers may 

 be cut at once by doubling the material beforehand. 



Now, to wrap a bullet well is not so easy as it looks. Take a 

 paper, damp it slightly by pressing on a piece of damp blotting 

 paper, or on the tongue, and place it on the bullet as under, being 

 careful that the edge not only covers all the cylinder portion of the 



A 



bullet, but also a little of the conical head. Keep the right fore- 

 finger on the point of the paper (A), and roll the bullet round with 

 the fingers and thumbs. The edge B must come up quite even 



