106 FIELD SHOOTING. 



held the erroneous opinion that a pigeon-shooter 

 could not be a good field shot. They said they 

 had a man who could beat any pigeon-shooter in 

 the field. 1 told them to send for him, as I was 

 willing to shoot against him for a hundred dollars, 

 fifty shots each, to be taken alternately. They would 

 not make the match. In Mississippi I shot with 

 Mr. Galbraith. The birds were scarce and wild. 

 There were more about Selma than any other place 

 I was at. So far as my experience went, the shoot- 

 ing was nothing to that which may be had in Ohio, 

 Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Iowa, Wisconsin, Min- 

 nesota, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, etc. There 

 were as fine a lot of gentlemen in the South as I 

 have ever met, and they were good shots and keen 

 sportsmen. 



