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the window, a small, but let it be a well-defined, 

 object. Now, Sir, take your station. 



ATTENTION ! to the word of command. In- 

 stead of going back again with more than one 

 reference, for the sake of clearness, we will 

 recapitulate the order of CARRY ARMS ! " Turn 

 your barrel down upon your left arm ; the flat 

 part of the stock, opposite the lock, clasped 

 within the left hand ; the thumb resting* upon 

 the guard over the trigger; fingers extended 

 around the upper part of the gripe of the stock, 

 now turned below ; upon which, and not upon 

 the cock, as in the other case, the weight of 

 the gun will be chiefly borne: in the proper 

 clasp, the point of the third finger will come 

 round, and rest upon the head of the tumbler- 

 pin f; the side of the stock imbedded against 

 the inside of your left arm, which will take an 

 easy position, considerably below your chest, 



* In a note annexed to the description of " a secured 

 carriage of arms in cover," the reader will hereafter be 

 informed of the reasons which, without obstructing him by 

 undue anticipation, could not be given here for placing the 

 thumb upon the guard, rather than in the position which, 

 in the more familiar clasp for general carriage, it will find 

 its way to. 



t The screw, with its head generally engraved, which 

 fasten* the cock to the tumbler of the lock. 



