X CONTENTS. 



Page 

 FIRE... Queries concerning the shooter's ability to 



stand fire 187 



Test proposed . . . . . . .188 



GENERAL COMMENTARY. 



Radical difference of level necessary for a flying shot, 

 to be considered as the arcanum, or grand 

 secret of the art iy? ' . . .0 '&h . 189 



The lines of sight and level ... The precedence due to 

 the former again insisted on ... If you invert this 

 order, as in the rifle view, you will assuredly be 

 lost... Axiom [Wj^r . . . ^KJ M . 



Subsequent adjustment of the latter to a due coinci- 

 dence with the line of flight . :tjK'-n,v . 190 



General opinion of " Birds being shot under," combated 191 



Suspicions concerning an opposite, but unperceived, 

 cause of much error . . . Extreme caution neces- 

 sary to avoid any approach to such habit . 192 



Point of time for the fire discussed, as applying to the 

 cross, the straight forward, or the diagonal Line 

 of Flight . i-tyttWpM&Vt MSK- 1 ' - 



Exemplification of a Shot at the last, as exhibiting the 

 principle upon which the rapid, or snap-shot is 

 founded . . . *<.,< H^f lj ;>< . 193 



Level effected by contact of the line of sight with the 

 line of flight, at killing distance, compared with 

 the slow deliberate level ... Preference due to 

 the former . . . . . "# iS . 192 



Disposition of the limbs, or "balance of position," 

 necessary to command the shot in every direc- 

 tion . 196 



