256 FIELD SHOOTING. 



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trigger, hold it unsteadily, and fall into such 

 habits as may prevent him from ever becoming 

 a good shot. He will already have learned to 

 stand upright, with his left foot in advance, and 

 his right a little back- to brace the body when 

 he brings his gun up as if to deliver fire. 



With cartridges loaded with three or three and 

 a half drachms of powder and an ounce of shot, 

 No. 8 or No. 9, the youth is to go into a field, 

 yard, or any safe place, and put up a target of 

 paper a foot square against a building, a wall, 

 a tree, or a board. He may then retire twenty 

 yards, load his gun, take aim right along the rib 

 of a double-barrel, along the top of the barrel 

 and sight if single, and as soon as he has taken 

 aim pull the trigger. I think a boy will usually 

 get a quicker and better sight with a double- 

 barrel gun than with a single-barrel. In taking 

 aim the youth will naturally shut his left eye, 

 and this, is proper. I have heard men say that 

 it is best to shoot without shutting one eye. 

 For my part 1 cannot see it. One eye is cer- 

 tainly quite as good as two when it is taking 

 aim along the' gun at the object, and I believe a 

 good deal better. In snap-shooting both eyes are 

 often open when the fire is delivered, but even in 



