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to conterrd with, while with my heavy 
twelve-gauge guns I had arm fatigue 
practically after the first hour or two 
out. i\ly quota of game with the small 
guns is as big on upland game as it ever 
was in the old days, so I am the gainer 
in many ways. 
For duck shooting when there is no 
walking or lugging of guns I still use 
my twelve-gauge. 
"Space of course will not permit me to 
go into detail more thoroughly, but in 
the foregoing I have given every unini- 
tiated sportsman a hint of something 
worth while for their comfort and pleas- 
j lire in upland shooting. It is a radical 
I departure from the s<andards of the past 
fifty years or so, but it has truth behind 
it and that always prevails in the long 
run. Frank J. Parsons. 
THE FOURTEEN BORE 
Dear Forest and Stream: 
I N your April issued “Ptarmigan” lauds 
the fourteen-bore shotgun and won- 
j ders if any one has a good word for it. 
I certainly have, for most of my sport 
I afield has been with a fourteen-bore and 
I am very fond of it. Perhaps some of 
I my readers will wonder why I use so 
' antiquated a weapon, especially since I 
' possess one of the latest products of the 
■ Fox Company. Perhaps it is because the 
fourteen was my first shotgun. It was 
made by “Deane and Son, Makers to 
H. R. H. the late Prince Consort, 30 
King William Street, London Bridge.” 
I obtained it from a good friend, an 
Englishman, who obtained it from the 
, gentleman who employed him. It is a 
beautiful gun with Damascus barrels. 
Mr. Weston, of Cleveland, an old gun- 
smith, now dead, assured me that it was 
a superior weapon and had been remod- 
eled from a muzzle loader. The only 
difficulty I find is in obtaining ammuni- 
tion. The fourteen-gauge shell is not on 
the market and the last batch I pur- 
chased was made for me by the Winches- 
ter Company. Can any one tell me of 
Deane and Son? Perhaps some of the 
older sportsmen were acquainted with the 
firm. John J. Price, Ohio. 
A PURPLE GALLINULE 
VISITS NEW YORK CITY 
J Dear Forest and Stream : 
^AN you picture a little Florida pur- 
pie gallinule making an extended 
visit to the big city of New York? This 
is the story: 
The steamer Comal was bound from 
Tampa to New York. When the ship 
reached the Gulf stream off the coast of 
Florida, the keen eye of a sailor saw a 
tiny object, storm-tossed and weary of 
wing, alight upon the bow of the ship. 
i lt was a gallinule, and on being cap- 
tured, this beautiful bird at once became 
the center of attraction upon the steam- 
, ship. From the good-natured, hospitable 
j chef came a flank of beef and a large 
fish. The high cost of living had not 
struck America then. 
The little gallinule, now confined in a 
box, did not comprehend the food value 
from the ship’s party, and would not as 
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I N 1853 Daniel Baird Wesson 
laid the foundation of this 
business and established ideals 
of craftsmanship and manu- 
facture which are today stead- 
fastly followed by his direct 
descendants. 
Smith Wesson 
(iCACanufacturers of Superior Tievohers 
SPRINGFIELD 
MASSACHUSETTS 
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& Wesson Arms unless 
they bear plainly marked 
on the barrel, the name 
SMITH & WESSON, 
SPRINGFIELD. MASS. 
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