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tinct qualities, and superior pre-eminence 

 which my gun must have over a common 

 soldier's musket, and then conclude. 



A soldier's musket, if not exceedingly ill 

 bored and very crooked, as many are, will 

 strike the figure of a man at 80 yards ; it 

 may even at a hundred ; but a soldier 7nust 

 be very unfortunate indeed who shall be 

 wounded by a common musket at 150 yards, 

 PROVIDED HIS ANTAGONIST AIMS AT HIM ; 



and, as to firing at a man at 200 yards with 

 a common musket, you may just as well 

 fire at the moon and have the same hopes 

 of hitting your object. I do maintain, and 

 I will prove, whenever called on, that NO 



MAN WAS EVER KILLED, AT TWO HUNDRED 



YARDS, by a common soldier's musket, by 



THE PERSON WHO AIMED AT HIM. Any 



officer who will give himself the trouble to 

 read Robins's Treatise on Gunnery, will 

 readily understand the truth of my assertion. 

 I could easily explain this point to the 

 satisfaction of the reader ; but, in so short 

 a treatise as this, the intent of which is 

 only to treat of the utility, skill, and per- 

 fection of the corps I propose, and not to 



