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by carrying the lever over to that side. Continue the operation 

 with all the cases you have uncapped, and I am sure you will find 

 the job much easier than uncapping and recapping each cartridge 

 before passing on to the next. I generally uncapped cartridges 

 one day, left the anvils to soak all night, dried them, and recapped 

 next day ; but I have kept cases from which the caps have been 

 extracted till next season, then recapped them, and found them 

 perfectly satisfactory. There is a hole at the bottom of B, to allow 

 the gas to escape, should the cap explode, and another at the 

 bottom of B', in which rests a spare steel pin, to replace a 

 breakage. It screws in and out with a pair of flat-nosed pliers. 



These machines may be obtained for all the bores I have 

 mentioned, for I have possessed and used them myself. They 

 were made by James Dixon and Son, Sheffield. 



I used Eley's caps for both theirs and Kynoch's gun cartridges ; 

 but for Eley's express rifle cases, the larger-sized rifle-case cap 

 must be bought. I nearly lost my eye, having all my hair and 

 eyebrows singed, by using gun-cartridge caps for '450 cases, 

 besides missing a fine black bear, who luckily hooked it ! 



DRESS. 



Every one will have his own ideas of the number of each article he 

 will require, but a good general list will be attached ; it is not very 

 bulky, and will be included in the complete list of kit hereafter. 



For a headdress, a grey felt helmet, double-topped, will do for 

 travelling and shooting. It is light, a good colour, and lasts a 

 long time. Wear a grey puggarie on it, so that, when making a 

 stalk, you may remove the somewhat "tall hat" and wrap the 

 puggarie round your head. It shows less, and from its form and 

 colour, very much resembles the rocks around. When in very cold 

 regions, a puggarie alone, 9yds. long, of Khaki cotton stuff, 

 wrapped well over the temples and back of neck, is the most 

 comfortable. 



Flannel Shirts should be worn day and night, supplemented by a 

 Shetland wool vest when in very cold regions. 



A broad flannel belt around the waist will save one from many 

 attacks of the stomach, owing to cold weather, chills after great 

 exertion, &c. 



Drawers need only be worn by day by those who use them 



