THE ART OF SHOOTING ON THE WING. 273 



I did once kill a pinnated grouse at ninety- 

 five yards, but it was by a chance shot. I and 

 Miles Johnson, of New Jersey, were shooting in 

 McLean County with No. 7 shot. A pack of 

 grouse got up together, of which he killed two 

 and I killed two. One of the others circled 

 round a long way off, and 1 slipped in another 

 cartridge. The bird presented a long side shot, 

 flying fast. 1 held as much as six feet ahead 

 of him, and let fly. One of the shot happened 

 to hit him in the head, and down he came with 

 a heavy thud. Johnson stepped the ground from 

 where 1 fired, and made it ninety-five yards to 

 the dead grouse. It must have been as far off 

 when the single shot killed it, for it fell perpen- 

 dicularly, there being next to no wind. It was 

 all a matter of chance. I had no expectation of 

 killing the bird when I fired, and might shoot 

 fifty times under the like circumstances without 

 killing once. 



I have recently visited the shot-tower of Tatham 

 Brothers, and that of Thos. Otis Le Roy & Co. 

 The shot made at these towers is excellent. The 

 latter is made according to the American stand- 

 ard adopted by the New York Sportsman's As- 

 sociation, which is as follows : 



