92 NOVEMBER SHOOTING 



plenty of pike, trout, and eels, and in summer any 

 quantity of perch, from three-quarters to three 

 pounds weight each. 



I am very fond of wild pheasant shooting in 

 November ; the birds are then strong, in good 

 plumage, and worth killing. 



Eabbiting, either shooting or ferreting, is capital 

 sport ; by November the fern and under cover are 

 generally dead, and you can see the little grey 

 rascals scudding along. 



For some years I, in cover shooting, — in fact, all 

 my shooting, have used nothing but Schultze's 

 wood powder ; perhaps it may not be quite so 

 strong as the ordinary powder, but I am by no 

 means assured of that ; it is quite strong enough 

 for any purpose, and has these advantages over the 

 ordinary powder : 



There is not nearly so much recoil, and in a 

 heavy clay's shooting you do not give up with your 

 head spinning and your shoulder tender. 



The report is not so loud either. 



The company say, " It shoots with greater 

 force and precision ; " this may or may not be ; 

 but I am satisfied of this that it shoots tuell, and 

 certainly does not soil the gun nearly so much as 

 other powders. 



But there is one thing that alone recommends it 



