292 DEAD WEIGHT 



Therefore there was a difference of .075 Inch 

 only between the two, which, however, 

 proved ample. 



Unfortunately, when I arrived at my 

 "range," I found the proprietor had dug up 

 the vineyard on which I had originally lain, 

 and, worse still, given It such a slope 

 downhill that I could not cover the target. 

 All I could do was to make a heap of vlne- 

 clipplngs, which abraded my elbows, and 

 formed but an unsteady rest. Added to this 

 there w^as a bright sun glinting on the sights ; 

 and, to crown all, I was conscious of a distinct 

 " personal error " In the shooting. However, 

 with It all, I managed to put on fifty per 

 cent, of hits on the lltde target, and few. If 

 any, of the shots would have missed a small 

 deer. 



Being, however, one of those not to be 



