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all the justice of this remark, as applied to the 

 evolutions of an army ; but I am convinced that 

 it will, for another reason, apply most forcibly 

 to the business on which I am here treating. I 

 am persuaded that, to a sportsman, his legs are 

 of more use than he is perhaps aware of; and 

 that upon the position which he takes upon 

 them depends very much of the accuracy of 

 his shot. Accustom yourself, therefore, in this 

 position*, to take the sweep of present each 

 way boldly. To the left will bring your body 

 entirely with its poise upon the left limb, with 

 a deeper bend of the knee, until the right limb 

 is nearly at full extent, and you are steadied 

 only by a balancing rest upon the ball of the 

 right toe: then back again, sweeping to the 

 right, the poise of your body retreating till it 

 come wholly upon the right limb ; and the other, 

 in its turn, becomes extended, with a corres- 

 ponding balance to the body supplied by the 

 left toe. Between the two positions is com- 

 prised a full half-circle or more, without a shift 

 of the foot ; which, from the moment of taking 

 form, on no account can I admit. If you 

 attempt it for the sake of a second sight, or 



* I must request a reference to this position, as explicitly 

 described under the head of "Take form!" p. 170. 



