THE CANADIAN SPORTSMAN AM' \ ATI RALI8T. 





change of waddiug, the four pink edge offering 



more inertial resistance than the thin cara 

 and thick felt. 



Table Showjnh Highest and Lowest I'ai-ikkn, 

 Vkuicitv and Recoil. 

 Charge 2j Drams. 



l'attcrn 10' 



' Vi 



locity. 



RecoiL 





o 



M 



w 



Is 

 o 



1-1 



A 

 to 



K 



o 



s 



w 



1 



Schultze 



Curtis & Harvey. 



Il.-i i > i i 1 ton FF. . . . 



Do. "Caribou'' 



Pigou, W. & L... 



65 



30 

 40 

 20 

 05 



35 

 20 



20 

 10 



20 



6 "09 



5-03 

 7'30 

 4*64 



7 40 



501 

 412 

 528 

 412 

 545 



80 



85 

 83 

 75 

 96 



86 



81 



81 



71 



86 



Charge 3 Drums. 



34 

 37 

 23 

 42 

 35 



17 

 2!) 

 20 

 28 

 15 



5 •!!.'( 

 5-89 

 5-59 

 5-40 



6 38 



677 



501 

 547 

 519 



58ft 



90 

 90 



fil 

 85 

 93 



86 



Curtis <fc Harvey. 



Hamilton F F. . . . 



Do. "Caribou" 



Pigou, W. & Ii. . . 



7 2 

 84 

 81 



84 



Average op 



THE DlFFKIlENT 



Powders. 





Charge 2£ Drams. 



10 in. 

 Pattern. 



Pellet 

 Force. 



Velocity. Recoil. 



Eng. Black Powders 

 Hamilton do. 





33 

 23 

 40 



28 

 30 

 24 



2.41 

 2.26 

 2.44 



2.53 

 2.35 

 2.53 



559 

 524 

 566 



586 

 545 

 586 





84 

 77 

 86 



Charge 3 Drams. 

 Eur. Black Powders 

 Hamilton do. 

 Schultze 



78 

 83 

 86 



Schultze Powder recoiled nearly as much 

 with these charges as it did when fired with 

 52 grains and 1J oz. of shot, in which case it 

 averaged 88 pounds. 



Spread op Shot at Different Ranges, (1 oz. of 

 Shot used.) 



30 and 40 Yards. 



Distance 

 Charge 



of 

 Powder. 

 3 drams. 

 3J « 

 3J " 



5, 10, 20, 

 Diameter of 



Pattern 

 in Inches. 

 4 6^ 17 

 3 6 15£ 

 4£ 9 24 



Ver- Hori- 



tical. zontal. 



43 and 40J 



40 " 38 



52 " 51 



Ver- Hori- 



tical. zontal. 



79 and 70 



74 " 69 



90 •' 87 



Circles with the above diameters do not in- 

 clude all the pellets in a charge, as there were 

 a few wild shot that I did not include, as any- 

 thing outside would only be struck by the 

 merest chance. According to the spread of 

 shot they do not travel in a straight line after 

 leaving the muzzle, but curve outwards from 

 the •' line of fire. At first I thought this was 

 caused by the shot passing through the paper 

 screens, so I tried a shot at the 40 yard screen 

 only and obtained about the same result; 

 therefore I am satisfied the screens did not 

 afreet the direction, and conclude it is caused 

 by the shot colliding with each other during 

 their flight. The horizontal diameters of the 

 30 and 40 yard pattern, were shorter than the 

 vertical in every case, varying with the charge 



of powder, tb<- b< i 



difference. I rn< a*un I 



different powders, and (ii 



vey'- is the b< ai est foi 



the next, the other two Ban | 



weight, and Schnltzi 



half the weight. The cha 



used in ill' 



a friend, who purchased the powd< r i 



loan truly. 



Lachine. Ii;-I. 



A DEEB HUNT IN FLORIDA. 



Dear Sir, — Thinking perhaps km 

 readers of your journal, would hk<- to ki 

 whal kind ofsporl we have on the V, 

 of Florida, i will try i" give them an id< 

 \\h;it is to be had in the waj I 



shall tell them oi what I Bawin a day*« 

 hunting on one ol the [slandi 

 Harbor. Leaving this | d:i«-«- about ten a i 

 party of five of us, exclusive of " B I 



intelligent humid. procet d 



bay; two going in a small schooner, and I 

 of us going in a Bloop; after a pleasant t 

 about an hour, we passed between Sanib 

 Pine Islands, entering thai beautiful -h- • 

 water named "Charlotte Harbor." B 

 lay a number of islands of a semi-tro] 

 appearance. The palmettoee and hemp ra 

 their heads high above the mangroves; 

 the islands were oyster bars which 

 covered with White and Grey Pel 

 morants, and Great Snowy Herons. On the 

 neighbouring mangroves, perched Ibises, the 

 Scarlet necked and Louisiana Herons, and the 

 beautiful Roseate Spoonbill, while farther up 

 the harbor we could sit' the white - 

 schooner beating up towards the north. S 

 ing along the shore of Pine Island, we dropped 



anchor close to a small island mar Tine. 

 Leaving II — in charge ^f the boat-, we took 

 our small boat and rowed to an oyster 

 between the two islands, where K. and I 

 landed, and concealed ourselves behind a low 



growing mangrove. C — . S — . and thi 



then went to the small island to drive it. W 

 expected the deer, if any were there, would take 

 to the water, and swimming So the I 

 it, and endeavor to escape to Pine Island. Wi 

 had not very long to wait till Bob gave toi B 

 K — and I crouched lower among the l< 

 and anxiously watched the opposite mangn 

 but Bob dro\ e away from us, and then Buddeoly 

 changing his note, we knew he had rai 

 •• Well, by George. I'll bet that's a Coon " 



