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direct view of a friend ranging to the left. But 

 to return to our immediate business, an exem- 

 plification of the snap-shot. Mark ! it is the 

 summons of your attention to a cock just up. 

 Which ever way the flight be directed, for the 

 shot now intended, the readiest mode of taking 

 form will be by a step-back with the right leg." 

 When we were before on drill, in the action of 

 " taking form," with a view to general shot by a 

 step-out with the left leg, I conceived that it 

 would be pure trifling to observe, that a step- 

 back with the right was equivalent; and because 

 your choice of the two must very much depend 

 on the ground you have to stand upon. But 

 here, where the quick transition into an instant 

 present can not so well be done otherwise, it 

 becomes necessary to enter into some varied 

 explanation. Generally speaking, therefore, for 

 a rapid shot, recourse must be had to a step- 

 back with the right leg. " In the act of step- 

 ping back, the barrel, thrown from your left 

 arm, must be swung forward, whilst the left 

 hand, quitting its grasp below, is ready to 

 receive the stock the other way at the accus- 

 tomed place, where it has learned to stop in 

 time, a little ahead of the poise. It is during 

 this swing forward of the barrel, which must 

 be done with somewhat of force, and aided at 

 the same time by a little sweep of the whole 



