THE BEST ALL-ROUND RIFLES FOR 

 THIN-SKINNED GAME. 



A RIFLE that is thoroughly effective, or even a 

 smooth-bore upon all thin-skinned game up to 

 seventy-five yards is the type of weapon that the 

 wanderer wants in distant lands where the larger 

 carnivora exist. It should be his companion by day 

 and night — in fact, rarely out of his hands, and ever 

 within reach — therefore it must be light and handy, 

 and " fit like a glove," or it cannot fulfil the part it is 

 intended for. 



I can only understand why an authority like Sir 

 Samuel Baker makes what appears to me a very 

 obvious mistake in his work, " VVild Beasts and their 

 Ways," from the fact that in his early days he was a 

 wonderfully powerful man, capable of handling suc- 

 cessfully very heavy arms, and so he jumps at the 

 conclusion that the majority of his countrymen can 

 do the same. This is a mistake ; a 12 lb. gun, carried 

 all day and used effectively when requisite, is a 

 performance that very few can accomplish in our 

 native land, let alone in a tropical climate. I am 

 myself more than usually stalwart, and although I 

 have succeeded in performing the above task, yet it 

 was not without causing me great fatigue and dis- 

 agreeable after results. 



Mr. Samuel Copper, of the Maryland Oyster Police 

 Force, a grand shot and keen sportsman, always shot 

 with a gun that just exceeded 12 lbs. In stature he 



