166 THE COMPLETE WILDFOWLER 
mop and felt cleaner, one leather breech-cover, one muzzle 
plug, and two lifting sticks. 
One wooden gun-case, with two single-barrel 12-bore 
‘*cripple-stoppers””’ and cleaning rod for same. 
External clothing for punting :—Two pairs leather thigh 
boots, two white duck jackets, two woollen guernseys (white), 
two pairs oilskin knickers, two woollen skull-caps (white), and 
two oilskin capes. 
Various :—One punter’s magazine, one aft magazine for 
gun hangers, crutches, baling pot, gun float and cord, etc. ; 
one pair half-ton blocks and fall, two two-inch falls, two strops, 
one sack, one grapnel, with line and snap-hook ; four gun- 
hangers for cripple-stoppers, one pair mud-pattens, two oak 
rollers, one iron snatch-block, one bucket, one tin of oil, two 
shackles, one bird-hanger with vermin-proof disc, two hand- 
lamps, one chest containing loading gear for punt-gun cart- 
ridges, viz. powder, shot, wads, wad-cutting block and 
punch, shot and powder measure, tube extractor and case 
cleaner, ignition tubes, oakum, tow and waste, and loading- 
stick; one chest containing tools, viz. one hammer, one 
mallet, one pair pincers, two punches, one brace with bits, 
one spokeshave, two gimlets, one movable spanner, one rivet 
set, one tin of grease, one screwdriver, two paint pots and 
two brushes, one for white and one for red; one lead pencil, 
one two-foot rule, one outfit repair box containing copper rivets, 
washers, nails, and tacks. 
Personal :—One glass, one pocket mariner’s compass, one 
pocket aneroid, one cartridge-extractor for 12-bore gun, one 
large pocket-knife, one chart of each ground to be visited, 
one wildfowler’s diary, and one cartridge-bag. Lastly, in the 
question of accessories, we must deal with the small guns. 
Perhaps the better term of ‘‘cripple-stoppers’’ may be 
applied to shoulder guns aboard fowling punts. Their use 
should be reserved for one purpose, i.e. shooting crippled 
