1244 THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE AND AGRO ULTURAT GAZETE. 
[DECEMBER 30, e 
THE ELEVATOR GUN. Em 
SECURED BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. 
The Invention of EDWARD CHARLESWORTH, Esq., F.G.S., who after врзам the js robber passes in the mountains of Mexico, turned his attention te ^. 
construction of a F pA ARM, which should comprise within the malis possible compass the greatest amount of power, and which, in the hands of a Traveller, Pam K 
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voee à WEAPON of DEFENCE, ог а FOWLING-PIECE. 
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UNDERSIGNED HAVING OBTAINED FROM MR. CHARLESWORTH AN 6 
LUSIVE LICENCE FOR THE MANUFACTURE AND SALE OF THE ELEVATOR GUN, . _ i 
HAS, as INTRODUCING THE MI ары. TO THE PUBLIC GENERALLY, OBTAINED FROM GENTLEMEN, WELL KNOWN D 
UNITED KINGDOM, THEIR OPINION OF ITS MERITS. > 
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Captain Вовтох, the African explorer; ы EL WARING, e Oaks, Gipsy Hill, Norwood, writes С 
«Тһе utility of th ly established. t with to South ** T find Гә can we quite as well with the Elevator as with the shoulder and mit 
America.” : it throws the recoil on the hands, which are LA more able to bear the shock of а heavy charge. 
Captain W. Н. PATTEN-SAUNDERS, K.C.G., says :— also much cheaper, tighter, und certainly safer. 
: G 1 I rtainly d th it F. H. ЅАтутх, Esq., of Killingbcck Hall, reni ue of * The Falconry uo х 
British Islands, E : 
Viscount MILTON says :— яе m Elevator Gun, for which I enclose а Sha 4 i» ана safely, and І like it upon " T 
dor Me СТ Ava TL а Ф, Mas $9 very much." 
Ермохр Tuomas Нівсіхѕ, Esq., M.R.C.S., says:— A 
ў HN Voice cfe sq., of Granville ees “ T have found. Mr. Chiron Elevator г Gun a most useful ecce E in my. omaes 
“I have tried the constructed by Mr. Charleswo! for general purposes much rambles, and 1 think that when these guns bec: known, no ornithologist will be withoüt one." 
preferite Que senior gan m Am while the rondin со cM DES бакте € зарна n horso. Captain BEDFORD, R. N., on the боа АА writing from Oban to Mr. Me. 
 Cajtain Nortox, і ication to the Times, speak tor G b Cast] voa et 2 
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Саон ВАТТЕВВВҮ Б. Сара Surbiton), in a letter to Captain Norton, speaking RICHARD TAYLOR, Esq., of W undis 
of the ec of барша! Speke, and rim umerous gun hec rat occurring about “1 have had but опё opportunity of trying the patent Elevator Gun which 4 — 
the sam but that was a very satisfactory one. M SUR ra ctae аиб ot багт, Ч 
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“ Though vae pui must decide how far the adoption of the Elevator principle may diminish the | and LM vhi em pi "The ot GIU at E аскы оп the wing, the: second at а 4 
number of ы e I have no peu in ms ‚ аза песке айн m pue p. Шан їп the | the third at а woodcock, killing all three, finding the gun very handy ап d quick. 
combination of , portability, and facility shooting, anything A 
yet known, Wha lata dis À n е ТУ taff Castle. A mec 
** Mr. W. P. Colchester, writing from Grundisburgh Hall, Suffo) me that he took out one of ] 4 казуга = ЕС eeper at the : 
these with him to Jamaica, ROT that, though ther nU was р quite new to ohm, he found he Мук 
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ere the er lore о » r : 
Eo UM DIA. Tox tuo expressed in растани sto tho shoulder From J. B. DAvrzs, Esq., of the Natural History Museum, асои НА. 
etra р” succumb to the Elevator in the o sume and steel have given way befor I have given one of these guns a trial, and са п report favourably of nd ioi {де 
which it can E SUR x nn James Hector, who o has just gone out to 
Жа айлы, in reply to the above, says : and zoology of New ne with him." 
т. Charlezw: AES tor system of shooting is attracting the 
Mon. тн lectures are most 
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necessary to guard against gun aceidents ; The Editor of Dells Life, : эде е these guns, says, in the columnsof 
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aud were in this way instructed, it Norton, that this Elevator principle will, before 
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NERAL ADVANTAGES SHOOTING „ADVANTAGES M 
y the ELEVATOR UN over the shoulder fowling-piece :— It is less Greater effectiveness in thick co up qud ‚ and н 
сові; s ble, e cleaned; has nothing about itliable to break | positions not available with a gun. өнү Potes t the 
by an ordinary fall; is less liable ur bursting or accidental 
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shoul a house” 
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) harge to injure the Especially adapted for shooting i ts and p ornithologists: — 
or his companions; offers complete security against á loss of an e; bids by the зе олии, makes the did. report of a gun, e, like a pistol, it 
escape of the percussion cap. loaded under lock and key in a bedroom drawer, о Er Ta Ts eiae D 
Meus Price, with Case and Fittings eem eei £7 7s. 
Price, without Case and Fittings, 
CHARLES POMEROY BUTTON, 142 and 143, CHEAPSIDE, LONDON, E. 67 
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