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CONTENTS 
CHAPTER VI 
Target-pheasants, and how they would have been killed if they had 
been live birds flying overhead — The stringing of a charge of shot 
when fired from a gun ......... 
CHAPTER VII 
The penetration of shot-pellets on Hve birds at various heights — The 
difference in the apparent size of a pheasant when seen overhead 
and horizontally — How to kill a pheasant overhead — How to kill 
a high pheasant that has passed behind the shooter — The position 
of the arms and hands when swinging a gun on game 
