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following hint, which he gave me when making me one 

 of his excellent shot-proof pairs : " Many gentlemen 

 use glasses a little too strong, even with the gun, but 

 when it comes to rifle-shooting they blurr the back- 

 sight." Now I had noticed this blurring with some of 

 my glasses, but it required the practical optician to 

 tell me the cause. 



It is my belief too few men shoot in spectacles. 

 Many a man tries to improve his shooting by altering 

 his gun-stock or having a two-eyed sight, whereas the 

 fault lies behind the gun altogether. It is not enough 

 to see the pheasant, you must be able to see its eye 

 as far as you can kill it. If you cannot, carefully fitted 

 glasses will improve your shooting. To obviate mis- 

 conception I will put this test more clearly ; to shoot 

 well a man should be able to see, with or without 

 glasses, the eye of a pheasant standing still at forty- 

 five to fifty yards' distance. 



In wet weather spectacles should be rubbed over 

 with a very little pure glycerine before beginning 

 work. 



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