PART IV. 



PRACTICAL HINTS ON FIREARMS 

 AND THEIR USE. 



CHAPTER XXVI. 



The advantages of breecli-loadiug guns and rifles. — The different 

 systems. — Advice on purchasing firearms. — The theory of rifle 

 practice. — Aiming, position, judging distance, and practical 

 hints on shooting. — On the colour of sportsmen's dress. — 

 Table of experiments with targets. 



At a time when cannou and rifles form the subject 

 of so much discussion and conversation in every 

 circle, it were well if sportsmen would give some 

 consideration to the breech -loading system, as 

 adapted to sporting-arms. Cannon and small-arms 

 are both in a transition state, and in the course of 

 a few years we may expect to see great changes in 



