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No. 5 stands utterly condemned for the 

 same reason, and the most regular results 

 can only be obtained by using the normal 

 modified-choke or cylinder gun with No. 6 

 or No. 7 shot, the best patterns being 

 given, at anything up to 90 feet, by the 

 cylinder and No. 7. 



A chapter on covert- shooting may 

 well conclude with a word of advice to 

 those prospective tenants of shootings, 

 who may not have the necessary technical 

 knowledge to judge of the requirements 

 which shall guide their choice among 

 the bewildering number of shootings 

 that figure on the agents' lists, their 

 shortcomings lightly passed over, such 

 merits as they may possess set forth in a 

 manner carefully calculated to attract the 

 attention. The following points should 

 at least have been raised and satisfactorily 

 settled, before any definite step be taken 

 in entering on the tenancy of pheasant 

 shooting : — 



(a) Comparison of actual rent with 

 gross expenditure, including running ex- 



