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judgment of a German jager, and the 

 unerring arid surprising skill of the American 

 back-woodsman, as I have done; and who, 

 from the age of sixteen, has made the use, 

 perfection, and construction of the rifle, 

 and all other species of arms, both his study 

 and pleasure, — to train a common British 

 soldier to shoot with the same degree of 

 precision as a German jager will do, or an 

 American back- woodsman, although he 

 may be made a very formidable marksman 

 before an enemy. The reason why they 

 can never arrive at so high a degree of per- 

 fection, I will state ; and, as I shall bring 

 forward reasons, founded only in common 

 sense, to prove my assertions, I trust they 

 must be judged intelligible and Avill be 

 plainly understood. 



The following are my reasons : 

 A British soldier can 7iever be taught to be 

 2i perfect judge of different distances. Place 

 an object, in the shape and size of a man, 

 at 150 5^ards distant, ask him how far that 

 object is from him, one will say 100 j^ards, 

 another will say 200 yards. Place the 

 same object at 200 yards from him, he, 



