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you are not yet able to stand fire. When you 

 are perfectly so, you will begin to find that, as 

 in the case of superior warfare, every thing will 

 fall before you. 



You have, as above, now presented to you, a 

 manual of motions ; in the performance of 

 which it will behove you to acquire an adequate 

 degree of expertness, if you would possess that 

 freedom of hand which alone can give you a 

 command of shot. In conducting you through 

 these motions, I have confined myself to the 

 shot in its simplest form, as in cases where the 

 flight of the bird admits a choice of our station 

 at pleasure ; avoiding purposely the interrup- 

 tion of your attention by such deviations as a 

 variation of circumstances, in the course of 

 general service, may render necessary. It will 

 be proper, however, to bring these also before 

 your eye. I shall proceed, therefore, to retrace 

 the subject in the way of a general commentary; 

 with such reference to the rules here prescribed, 

 as may enable you to form a due estimate of 

 their fitness, and assist you in acquiring such 

 further varied disposition of yourself, as may 

 ultimately give to you a prompt, explicit, and 

 effective command of your piece, under all 

 emergencies. 



