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This dress is not confined to any rank 

 or class, like the German Emperor's hunt- 

 ing uniform. Emperors and kings wear 

 it, it is true, but so do the humblest 

 sportsmen. 



The next few paragraphs of the article 

 referred to seem also of universal application, 

 so I quote them in extenso. " The German 

 sportsman's gun, however, would at once 

 single him out by the sling. Here I am 

 inclined to think he has the pull over us. 

 Having tried it, I may say I consider it is 

 never a drawback, while it has many advan- 

 tages. Unless his gun is at the ready, or 

 over his arm, he always carries it slung on 

 his shoulder, nearly always the right one. 

 Should he want to fire, he seizes it with the 

 left hand, and it at once falls into what the 

 drill books call 'the ready position.' When 



