HOW TO LEARN TO SHOOT, 
ON THE WING, RUNNING, OR AT REST, WITH LOOSE 
SHOT, OR SINGLE BALL. 
Tue next thing, after becoming the owner of a gun, or 
before it, as may be, is to learn the rudiments of the 
art of shooting, and this is only to be done by constant 
and careful practice. 
The great point of difficulty, and the method of avoid- 
ing it, are well described in the following sentences, which 
I quote from the “ Oakleigh Shooting Code,” a work of 
decided merit, though not free from, what I must esteem, 
heresies. 
“ We think,” says the author, and herein I fully agree 
with him, “ that the generality of shooters use a gun prop- 
erly, as regards throwing the end of it upon the object 
aimed at and drawing the trigger, and that any inaccuracy 
