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weapon for such hazardous sport. I 

 found the benefit of them at Rennes, on 

 our second visit to Brittany. 



The art of rifle shooting has been much 

 practised of late years, and we can boast 

 of some very tolerable performers. Mr. 

 William Moore, the gun and rifle maker 

 of the Edge ware-road, is, I believe, the 

 first rifle-shot of the day, and has won 

 more cups, prizes, and matches than any 

 Englishman around ; Captain Ross is also 

 a proficient, and Count D'Orsay like- 

 wise. 



I was present at a match between the 

 two latter, which was for a thousand 

 guineas, and contended for about six 

 years ago, in Mr. Purdey's shooting 

 ground, near Notting Hill. The distance 

 agreed upon was one hundred and fifty 

 yards, at thirty-inch targets, without a 

 rest. Large sums were depending upon 

 the event, as from the Count's well-known 



