HOW TO LEAEK TO SHOOT, 



ON THE WING, ETJNNING, OR AT BEST, WITH LOOSE 

 SH0T, OK SINGLE BALL. 



THE next thing, after becoming the owner of a gun, or 

 before it, as may be, is to learn the rudiments of the 

 art of shooting, and this is only to be done by constant 

 and careful practice. 



The great point of difficulty, and the method of avoid- 

 ing it, are well described in the following sentences, which 

 I quote from the " Oakleigh Shooting Code," a work of 

 decided merit, though not free from, what I must esteem, 

 heresies. 



" We think," says the author, and herein I fully agree 

 with him, " that the generality of shooters use a gun prop- 

 erly, as regards throwing the end of it upon the object 

 aimed at and drawing the trigger, and that any inaccuracy 



