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system of Messrs. Terry and Calisher has been pre- 

 ferred ; for, by order of the Secretary of State for 

 War, a contract has been entered into with that firm 

 for the immediate supply of their carbines for the use 

 of several cavalry regiments. The Times, speaking 

 of its great advantages over the old system, says : 

 "The Small Arms Committee have submitted the 

 carbine to the severest tests, making a most favour- 

 able report on its peculiar advantages, and hence its 

 adoption in the army. Only some few months ago 

 Terry's rifle was subjected to a test by Captain 

 Richard Hewlett, of the * Excellent ' gunnery-ship, 

 and 1800 rounds were fired without the carbine 

 requiring to be cleaned or missing fire. The same 

 carbine was tested on Southsea Common, by order of 

 the Lieutenant-Governor, Major-General the Hon. 

 Sir James Yorke Scarlett, and 25 rounds were fired 

 at 300 yards' range from the butt ; and the General 

 himself made a centre hit. An officer on the ground, 

 one of the instructors of musketry, then took the 

 instrument, and struck the target afloat twice out of 

 three times, at a" distance of 1050 yards; yet the 

 barrel is but thirty inches in length." It is my 

 opinion that this rifle is one of the most serviceable 

 weapons that an Indian officer could possess, as it is 

 a most formidable instrument, whether in the field, 

 against an enemy, or in the dense deep jungle, the 

 haunts of the tiger and elephant. 



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