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have such an one made, and the twist of 

 the rifle shall be exactly one whole turn. 



Now, gentlemen rifle-shooters, I will ^tmctfvf me- 



. I 7 77 7 7 • thod of loading- 



teach you a most aeadly ana destructive me- iiifle-guns,m* 



^ ^ ^ service. 



thod of using the rifle, in face of an enemy. 

 It is my own idea; at least, I never heard 

 that any one has ever practised it, and I 

 have know^n it and practised it several 

 years ago. A rifleman on service should 

 have a small leathern bag fixed to his belt, 

 with about thirty balls, tied up in greased 

 patches. When he comes within one hun- 

 dred and fifty yards of an enemy, in bat- 

 talion, which at times they may approach 

 so near to the foe, when posted in a wood, 

 and flanked, both on their right and left, 

 by strong battalions; then they should load 

 two balls more on the one already in the 

 rifle : but then the rifle-guns must be made 

 as heavy in the barrel as my gun above spoken 

 of; for the present guns are so much lighter^ 

 that, provided you put sufficient powder to 

 carry three balls to a certain distance, to do 

 execution, what, with the increase of pow- 

 der, and the resistance of the three balls, 

 it w ould nearly knock a man down. 



