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the most brilliant, and attractive rural fetes, which are 

 enjoyed in that country. 



Ladies may shoot at a distance of twenty or thirty 

 yards, and the attitude of an accomplished female arch- 

 er of one who has studied and practised the art in a 

 proper manner, at the moment of bending the bow, is 

 particularly graceful all the actions and positions tend 

 at once to produce an appearance of vigor in the frame, 

 and to impart a general elegance to the deportment. 



The excitement of feeling, which a competition 

 among the fair archers produces, together with the mus- 

 cular exertions which such occasions call forth, make 

 this among one of the most healthful and agreeable pas- 

 times in which propriety permits young ladies to in- 

 dulge. 



The face of the target has a gilded centre, around 



which are four circles, of which the inner one is red ; 



the second white ; the third black ; and the outer one 



white, with a narrow border of green. The propor- 



Fig. 124. 



tions maybe as in the adjoining fig. 124. The diameter 

 may be from one to two feet, according to the distance, 

 and expertness of the shooters. 



The mode of ascertaining the value of the hits, which 

 is increased in proportion as they strike near the centre, 

 is as follows. The hits in the centre are multiplied by 

 nine ; in the red, by three ; in the inner white circle by 



