9O TALES OF A NOMAD. 



and consequently, the requisite number of feet ahead of 

 your object that you must fire. You will probably be 

 unconscious of the exact nature of the operation, and 

 will do it instinctively, but correctly, under ever varying 

 conditions. Be most particular about the lock of your 

 weapon, and carefully avoid using military arms with 

 their abominably heavy pulls and grating locks. 



It is very important to have a flush rib. By this I 

 mean, reject any rifle with a deep foresight mounted high 

 on a block ; or a backsight with a deep notch, for the 

 former bothers you in taking it quickly, and the latter 

 is like shooting in blinkers. Have your foresight made 

 as low as possible very much like the foresight on an 

 ordinary shot gun (I prefer a small bead), and have the 

 backsight almost flush, with only a little notch in it, just 

 enough to enable you to see the proper amount of fore- 

 sight as you take aim. 



I found it a very good plan to insert a bone or ivory 

 foresight, and over this to pass a band of leather. Then 

 to cut the leather slightly with a penknife, just allowing 

 the very tip of the foresight to protrude above the band. 

 The eye takes this in an instant as you throw the rifle 

 to the shoulder, and there is no danger in your hurry of 

 taking the sight too full. 



Avoid browning a herd of bucks, even though they 

 are overlapping each other and running in a mass. You 

 will probably miss them all if you attempt it, and even 

 if you hit something you will most likely only wound- 

 It is not only cruel and unsportsmanlike, but it does not 

 add much to the bag. 



For this kind of sport it is essential to have a good 

 sure-footed horse that can get over the country without 

 blundering into holes ; but let me advise any one never 



