lity of the
mantle]

Fig. 39 represents a type of ricochet sometimes found on the field. In
spite of a considerable amount of violence which has caused the escape
of the core, the fissuring of the mantle is comparatively slight. In
point of fact, the casing is, as a rule, preserved from the severe
violence it suffers when complete, by the flattening and turning over of
the soft nose. I am sorry I cannot append an illustration of a damaged
soft-nosed Mauser, but I am of opinion that those used during the
campaign were not of a very dangerous nature on account of the small
amount of lead exposed. To gain the full advantage of the soft nose at
least a third of the core should be exposed. No. 3, fig. 37, of a
Lee-Metford, probably represents the most effective form of such
bullets. I am inclined to think these bullets as a class, however, are
not more dangerous to the wounded man than the regulation Mauser fired
at short range, if the latter either comes into contact with bone or
suffers ricochet.

The Tweedie and Jeffreys bullets come under a somewhat different
category. In the Tweedie the top of the bullet is sawn off in such a
manner as to flatten the tip and widen the surface of direct impact, and
to expose the leaden core over a small area. The general principle of
the flat tip resembles that of the French Lebel bullet. In the Jeffreys
modification the mantle is sawn down for about half the length of the
whole mantle, the slits neither reaching tip nor base. I seldom saw
these bullets removed, but they were used to a considerable extent. Fig.
40 illustrates one of Mauser calibre in the possession of Mr. Cuthbert
S. Wallace. It perforated the abdomen, producing fatal injuries, but the
only alteration in outline consists in slight bulging and shortening.
This specimen, however, manifestly suffered but slight resistance. A
somewhat general impression existed that a number of severe injuries had
been produced by the Jeffreys bullets, but it was a matter of
conjecture, as few of them were removed. A weekly illustration appears
in the advertisement sheet of the 'Field,' showing the deformity of some
of them shot into animals, which bear a strong resemblance to the Mauser
figured earlier (fig. 31), and which we have seen can be produced in the
human body by contact of a regulation fully cased bullet with a bone
like the malar. A tendency on the part of the longitudinal slits to
become caught in the rifling of the barrel mil