PUBLISHED BY W. A. TOWNSEND & ADAMS. 9 



I3ST PBESS, 



OR, 



YOUNG RIFLEMAN'S COMPLETE GUIDE. 



BEING A TREATISE ON THE TT6E OP THE EIFLE, WITH RUDIMENTARY AND FINISHING 



LESSONS; DIRECTIONS FOR HUNTING THE BUFFALO, ELK, DEER, AND ALL KINDRED 



GAME FOUND IN THE UNITED STATES AND BRITISH PROVINCES, WITH 



THEIR VARIETIES AND HABITS J THE BREEDING, BREAKING, AND 



MANAGEMENT OF THE DEERHOUND, ETC., ETC. 



INCLUDING- -A-3ST E S S ^_ Y 



ON THE LATEST IMPROVED BREECH-LOADING WEAPONS, "WITH RULES AND 

 REGULATIONS FOR TARGET PRACTICE; 



EDWARD C. BARBER. 



" The Crack Shot " will supply a want long felt in the sporting world ; 

 the author is a practical sportsman and accomplished writer; he possesses 

 a thorough knowledge of the subject, and has produced a Treatise on the 

 science of Rifle-Shooting, that must become of permanent interest and value. 

 This companion volume of The Dead Shot, will take its place with that 

 favorite work, as a standard guide to both the young and matured sportsman. 



From the Author's Preface. 



" No work has been published since the recent great improvements in breech -loading 

 arms, and moreover, the books of Cleveland, Chapman, Wilcox, and others, are standard 

 works, containing a vast deal of useful and valuable information, yet it has been felt that 

 they are too purely scientific to meet the desired end. At the suggestion of a sporting 

 friend of credit and renown, I undertook the preparation of a work designed to aid and 

 instruct the young idea how to shoot ? I have acquitted myself to the best of my humble 

 ability, and trust it may prove useful and interesting to those for whose use it was 

 specially prepared — the young riflemen of America. I do not claim any great originality, 

 nor do I profess to have propounded any peculiar theories ; my object being to complete , 

 in brief and readable style, the views and opinions of those who, from time to time, have 

 written upon this object." 



One volume tinted paper beveled boards, illustrated with numerous 

 engravings from original drawings, uniform with " The Dead 

 Shot." Price, .... $2 00 



