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over his weapon, and enables the eye and hand 

 to act together, so that the left hand raises the 

 rifle at once to bear upon the object, for the eye 

 to take aim ; and at the same moment the fore- 

 finger of the right hand acts upon the trigger. 



To establish the natural connection between 

 the eye and the hand, constant practice is re- 

 quired ; and the novice should be accustomed to 

 handle his rifle both with and without the bayonet, 

 being put through all the motions of firing stand- 

 ing and kneeling, with the same precision as if 

 actually practising with ball cartridge. 



At the School of Musketry at Hythe, recruits 

 are taught to fire standing at all distances up to 

 300 yards, and kneeling at every longer range. 



There are two positions for taking a steady aim 

 without artificial appliance : 



Kn ,. The first is by kneeling on the right 



knee and sitting on the right heel, the 

 rifle being firmly grasped and steadied by the 

 left hand, the left elbow resting on the left knee 

 so as to form a support. 



