. The American sportsman: containing hints to sportsmen, notes on shooting, and the habits of the game birds and wild fowl of America . ey in such cases is oftentimesthe most destructive. 244 lewiss AMERICAN SPORTSMAN. The great mistake that city shooters make in pursuing coast-birds is in the size of the guns -which they make use of. Partridge-guns are not suitable for this kind of sport; neither are the fullduck-guns the proper weapon. A medium-sized gun is the properinstrument: it should not be too light, or the bore too small, andabove all it should be forged to throw the shot with great f
. The American sportsman: containing hints to sportsmen, notes on shooting, and the habits of the game birds and wild fowl of America . ey in such cases is oftentimesthe most destructive. 244 lewiss AMERICAN SPORTSMAN. The great mistake that city shooters make in pursuing coast-birds is in the size of the guns -which they make use of. Partridge-guns are not suitable for this kind of sport; neither are the fullduck-guns the proper weapon. A medium-sized gun is the properinstrument: it should not be too light, or the bore too small, andabove all it should be forged to throw the shot with great force atlong distances. When going along the inlets in a boat, keep abright look-out on the marshes adjoining the stream, and you willoften discover two or three suspicious-looking heads peering upfrom among the high grass, within a short distance of the banks,offering an easy shot to the marksman. We have obtained many agood shot in this way which other-\visc would have been passed bird is not the same with the Scolopax phaepus, or Avliimbrelof England, as originally supposed, but proves to be an entirelydistinct
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