104 AMERICAN GAME. 
boots, corduroy shorts, and leggins, suit thine own fancy ; 
but let thy shooting-jacket be roomy on the chest and 
shoulders, and well supplied with ample pockets. Let 
thy gun be—for my choice—of 31 inches, 12 or 14 guage, 
72 to 8 pounds. , Let thy powder be Brough’s diamond 
grain, or John Hall’s glass—on no account any other— 
thou mayest get it of Henry T. Cooper, in Broadway, 
New York—thy shot, No. 8—thy caps Starkey’s central 
fire, or Moore & Gray’s, or Westley Richards’—by no 
means /rench, or Walker’s, the first of which fly, while 
the latter are, I think, corrosive. Forget not to have in 
thy pocket a dog-whip, a stout knife, a yard or two of 
strong cord, a pocket-flask, replenished, as thou wilt, with 
old Otard, or as I recommend thee, Ferintosh or Glenli- 
vat whiskey—stick in the seam of thy waistcoat a strong 
darning-needle, headed with sealing-wax, itisthe only true 
and responsible gun-picker; and so, good sport to thee, 
and health and temper to enjoy it!—as good sport, gentle 
reader, as I trust myself to enjoy this coming week of 
April, the rain-gods and the river-gods permitting, and 
the nymphs remembering us, as their long time adorer, 
in their kind orisons. . 
The American Syirz, established by Wilson asa dis- 
tinct species, is eleven inches long, bill inclusive, and sev- 
enteen from tip to tip. Bill fluted, two anda half inches 
long, the upper mandible the longest, terminating in a 
highly sensitive nob, brown, tipped with black. The 
crown of the head black, bisected lengthwise and bor- 
