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1 double " gun.

No.

16.
18 guns.
These guns were all by the first makers, and we took possession of our hunting country with the confidence of a good bag, provided that game was abundant.
But how changed was this country since I had visited it in former years, not only in appearance but in the quantity of game! On these plains, where in times past I had so often counted immense herds of wild buffaloes, not one was now to be seen.

The deer were scared and in small herds, not exceeding seven or ten, proving how they had been thinned out by shooting.