66 ON THE WING. 



The sportsman who adopts the one-eye system is 

 very apt to make poking-shots. It encourages a dis- 

 position to dwell too long on the aim, and does away 

 with that open, off-hand style of shooting, attended by 

 ease and elegance in the movements, which is the 

 result of keeping both eyes open. 



I know splendid shots, however, who always close 

 one eye in aiming. Perhaps they could also have 

 learned to strike, saw, and do all manner of me- 

 chanical labor with one eye ; but this would prove 

 nothing against the two-eye system. The visual line 

 which is made when both eyes are open is natural and 

 correct enough for any shooting on the wing, or at a 

 sitting object : although in the latter case a person 

 may have time to close one eye, still he can do as well 

 with both open. I say, therefore, in shooting on the 

 wing, have both eyes open. 



