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cut, and of scores of hunters and trappers in Northern 

 New York, where the sight was taken for trial last 

 summer. 



Without a single excej)tto?i, the verdict has been 

 unanimous for its adoption. 



A hunter in Canada writes : " I would not part with 

 Beach's sight, after four months' trial, for twenty mink- 

 skins." Another, from Connecticut, writes : " Fifty 

 dollars would not pm-chase my sight." Yet another, 

 from the North Woods, declares : " The best thing I 

 ever saw. I have hunted and trapped for thirty years, 

 and I can kill one third miore game with this sight 

 than with any other I ever had." An amateur in 

 New York City writes : " The moment I saw the sight, 

 my heart leapt for joy. Here is what I have always 

 been looking for. I would have bought it at ten times 

 its price. No rifle is fit for use without it." 



The following note is from Mr. Stabler. 



Sandy Spring, November 30, 1867. 



To E. B. Beach, Patentee of Beach's Combination Sight, West Meri- 

 din, Connecticut: — 



I duly received, by mail, the patent bead or globe rifle 

 sight. In principle it is by far the most complete and per- 

 fect aff*air of the kind I have ever seen. In thus combining 

 the two sights, the hunter has all the advantage of both, 

 by a mere touch of the finger, — a perfect bead sight for 

 hunting, and a globe for close and long range shooting. 

 Very respectfully, 



Edward Stabler. 



The two illustrations will serve to give you an idea 

 of how the sight operates, but to fairly appreciate it 



