you must shoot a little over everything, excepting, of 

 course, at a bird which is going away, having passed 

 over your head. In this case you must shoot under 

 it, but very little. All these matters are easily arrived 

 at on paper by a moderate knowledge of perspective, 

 a subject which, I have often thought, could be 

 studied with advantage up to a certain point by those 

 who are very keen to excel in shooting. 



I have tried to illustrate my meaning in a simple 

 form by the following diagrams : 



Fig. 3 shows at a glance the necessity for shooting 

 over every bird coming to you, except in the case of 



FIG. 3 



fig. 5, when the bird is approaching on the exact 

 level of the eye and keeping a level course, which, 

 being prolonged, would pass through the head of the 

 shooter. 



Fig. 4 shows the allowance underneath a bird 

 which has passed over your head. 



