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at that, in competition with a boy friend ? 

 It is good sport and quite as satisfactory 

 as shooting pebbles at every bird or 

 squirrel that comes near the house. This 

 is the way to make the target : 



Mark out a circle four inches in di- 

 ameter, with a piece of chalk, then fill it 

 in solid white. This is the bull's-eye, and 

 counts five. About that draw a circle 

 eight inches in diameter. This is the first 

 ring, and counts four. Then outside that 

 another ring, twelve inches in diameter ; 

 this is the second ring and counts three. 

 Also make two more rings outside this 

 one, one sixteen inches, and the other 

 twenty. These count two and one, and 

 any stone that goes outside the last ring 

 does not count at all. Then stand ten or 

 fifteen paces away from the target and fire 

 ten shots each, and see which marks- 

 man can make the highest score. This 



