APPENDIX 



BEACH'S SIGHT. 



I FEEL that I cannot do my brother sportsmen 

 who may read this book a greater service than by 

 bringing this invention to their notice. 



The great desideratum and problem with rifle- 

 makers and sportsmen, as all are aware, has been to 

 invent a sight that would combine all the merits of 

 " bead " and " open " sight, so that the hunter would 

 be able at will, and without a moment's delay, to 

 •use the globe or open sight, according as the game 

 might be in motion or stationary, amid the shadows 

 of the forest or in the sunlight of the fields, or as the 

 color of the object might be dark or bright. 



All sportsmen know how vexatious it is to have to 

 " rap " out one sight to insert another, necessitating 

 as it does tedious delay and the wearisome process 

 of "sighting," when there may be neither time 

 nor powder to spare, and no appliances at hand to 

 effect an accurate adjustment. 



In this invention this desideratum is met, and the 

 solution found. 



By a glance at the following cuts, every man ac- 

 quainted with the rifle will see how completely Mr. 



