A PERFECT SHOT. 



FOR some time a discussion was carried on in some of 

 our principal periodicals upon the above subject, but 

 the matter now slumbers, and unfortunately does so 

 before a satisfactory conclusion has been arrived at. 

 Such being so, I will not quote past writers, or express 

 belief or disapproval of their various convictions, but 

 give my own ideas, wishing them only to be accepted 

 for what they may be deemed worth. 



To become perfect in the use of the gun, you must 

 commence your education at an early date in life. 

 Of course some pupils are more apt than others, 

 while dunces are to be found occupying as prominent 

 a place in the study of the science of gunnery as are to 

 be discovered among the students of algebra or Euclid, 

 Greek or Latin. This, I think, can generally be 

 traced in both cases to the result of a natural in- 

 competency for their tasks, their hearts not being in 

 their work. 



Believe me, there is no more a royal road to excel- 

 lence in the art of shooting than there is to any 

 other study, and to become a marksman of note, you 

 must commence your initiatory instructions with the 

 simplest of lessons, gradually advancing till you 

 attain such excellence that nothing on the wing or 

 on foot can escape your deadly aim, provided 

 always that it be within range. 



