140 EARLY DAY STORIES. 



down. One of these pieces has a notch just Hke any ordi- 

 nary rear sight — the other has fitted into it a little ivory 

 triangle. In the day time the part with the triangle should 

 be turned down, using only the sight with the notch. The 

 ivory front sight shows clear and plain when seen through 

 the notch, and never glimmers in the sunshine, nor looks 

 dull and hard to see in a dark day. When dusk comes on, 

 the sight with the notch should be turned down and the 

 ivory triangle raised to its proper place. The sight is then 

 perfectly caught when the bead in front appears to stand 

 just at the top of the ivory triangle. Good shooting can be 

 done with such sights when it is too dark to use the ordinary 

 kind. A peep sight can also be added to these ivory sights, 

 but when the peep sight is used the double rear sight should 

 be turned down so as to be out of the way. The peep sight 

 is not often needed but is convenient in making a long range 

 shot. The peep sight should be graduated for any distance 

 from a hundred yards up to half a mile. 



With sights such as have been described above, a man 

 with eyesight quite defective can do pretty good shooting, 

 when he would make an utter failure with ordinary sights. 

 A hunter should be dressed in clothing that corresponds in 

 color with the landscape over which he is to hunt. When 

 game has been sighted at a distance the hat or cap should 

 be trimmed with grass before making the approach. In 

 the winter if there is snow deep enough to cover most of 

 the grass, the cap should be covered with a white cloth, 

 and the shoulders wrapped in a white sheet. In such a 

 dress, when there was a foot or so of snow on the ground, 

 I have crawled up to deer close enough for a fair shot with- 

 out alarming them, and yet they were looking my way. It 

 is probable that they could not tell what it was. Had the 

 attempt been made to get near enough for a shot by walk- 

 ing erect, or even in a stooping posture, it would have failed. 



