8 CONTENTS. 



CHAPTEE XXXIII. 



THE SHOT GUN AND HOW TO USE IT. 



jA review of It — Joseph Manton — Muzzle-loaders — Selection of gun for 

 wild fowl — 10 and 12 gauges — What gun to buy — Established 

 makers — Damascus, laminated and stub-twist barrels — ^How made 

 — SO and 32 inch barrels — Weight of gun — Measurements of stock — 

 Drop of stock — How to select a gun that fits — ^Position in shooting 

 —Tendency to under shoot— Snap shooting— Oiled stock— A. modified 

 and full choke — How to keep a gun from rusting — Binocular shoot- 

 ing — How to test it — How to hold on wild fowl — What is a snap- 

 shot — A deliberate shot — ^The deliberate, the successful one at 



■ ducks — Gravity of shot at 40 and 60 yards — Study distance — ^A. 

 swinging shot — Centered — Shooting behind — Hold over on straight 

 away birds — Strength of barrels — Cause of bursting — ^The road to 

 success. 



CHAPTER XXXIV. 



SHOT, POWDER, SHELLS, WADS AND LOADING. 



Large shot— The farmer's boy—" Guess we'll take one's"— The terror 

 of the swamp — Knows it all — 100 and 135 yards high — Poor powder 

 — A gun with a reputation — Watch him — I hit him — Selfishness — 

 Faith in 6's — Soft and chilled shot — Table of sizes and number of 

 pellets — Sizes for different wild fowl — Eccentricity of guns. 



A certain brand — Cheap powder — Kind to use — ^Desire a change — 

 Black powder, and its use — Use same grain — Moist powder — ^Keep 

 dioke clean— FG — FFG — FFFG — Use coarse powder — Wood 

 powder — "Sohultze powder " — Claims for powder. 



SHELLS. 



Brass shells — Paper shells — Water proof shells — Tight fitting, etc. 



LOADING. 



Importance of it — A load for every gun — Load with care — Improper, 

 bad, demoralizing — Confidence in our own loading — How to load 

 cof rectly— Peculiarities of wadding— Tight fitting wads— Felt wads — 

 Pink edge — Card wads — Shells must be crimped tightly — ^Machine 

 loaded shells — Loading of Schultze's powder — Of wood powder— 



' Pressure on black and wood powder. 



CHAPTER XXXV. 



OUTFITS — BLINDS — DECOYS — DUCK CALLS. 



The duck-hunter — ^Not a thing of beauty — An easy fit — What kind of 

 suit — Oh my ! a black hat — How to dress — How clothes should be 

 made — Boots — Shell bos — A hatchet — Rubber coat — A coffee pot. 



