106 SHOOTING: 



But aim before them, then your shots will take 

 Effect, as you the distance regulate. 

 Just in the ratio that they're from you, 

 In the like ratio this plan pursue ; 

 As further off, greater allowance make, 

 Than if they nearer were you'd need to take ; 

 At thirty yards, four inches in advance 

 May be enough, but you will stand a chance 

 When fifty paces part you, to behold 

 (Unless you seven times that before them hold,) 

 The birds depart in peace ; but will depend 

 Much on your lock's results that may attend 

 Th' above remarks. Again, when wind is high, 

 In ev'ry case, save when they 'gainst it fly, 

 More than the usual heading must be made, 

 Or your bright hopes are ever doom'd to fade. 

 Always fire rather high than low, because, 

 If you inspect but gravitation's laws, 

 After a certain range, you will observe, 

 The body of the charge must downward curve ; 



