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am certain, that, provided an American 

 rifleman were to get a perfect aim at 300 

 yards at me, standing still, he most 

 imdoubtedly would hit me, unless it was a 

 very windy da}^ so as to occasion the ball 

 to deflect considerably. Now, there are 

 many persons, in various volunteer rifle 

 companies in London, who can hit a target 

 the size of a man much oftener at 200 

 yards than they miss it ; and I think it 

 very hard if a soldier, with good practice, 

 cannot be trained to hit the space of a man 

 at 200 yards, much oftener than he misses 

 it; and Vvhen he does miss his enemy at that 

 distance, the ball shall go so near to him as 

 to intimidate him, and for safety-sake make 

 him shift his position, well knowing the 

 danger he was exposed to ; for a man, shot 

 at, and finding how narrowly he escaped, 

 is but little inclined to take a second trial. 

 I shall conclude with stating, that, ifever^f 

 soldier in the British armj^, the grenadier, 

 the battalion man, the light-infantry man, 

 the rifleman and sharp-shooter, were armed 

 with a gun which can shoot as well as the 

 gun I can produce, and possessmg such 



