12 DEER-STALKING. 



When walked away from the egg will remain much 

 longer visible than the spoon. The writer has found a 

 platina back-sight with enamel foresight best suited to 

 his own particular vision. 



The cut here shows the bar sight set to a hundred 



yards Iril ^ sna( ^ e more of the foresight 



being seen makes it good up to two hundred yards. 

 For quick aiming and liberty of vision there is no sight 

 to compare with this. 



There is also another sight in use by some stalkers 



which speaks for itself Hr The 



the ivory or platina A is exactly filled by the foresight 

 at a hundred yards. It is not, however, so handy for 

 quick shots as the bar sight or the obtuse V sight. 



There are many other fancy sights, but none of them 

 so well adapted for quick shooting, and the three 

 described are those most commonly used for stalking. 

 They and the other varieties can all be seen by going 

 the rounds of the different rifle-makers. 



Let no one carry a rifle for stalking as pursued in the 

 Highlands that has no stops to it; anything more 

 dangerous than crawling without them would be diffi- 

 cult to imagine, and they are absolutely necessary for 

 perfect safety. Of course they may, and perhaps should 

 be, dispensed with for tiger-shooting off an elephant, 

 or for other big game shooting, where no stalking has 

 to be done, and when you may become the assailed 

 instead of the assailant, but for Scotch stalking they are 

 indispensable. Some rifles have the stops made to push 



