TT-m Gm AT mM¥, am . ’ 
a^Tecl cly-sitfU-satioti # ^i^anU sshoi, «>tlaer ‘Mn'Hm-'hnr 
■oitfpoBe, aiidj m the- d#tijfs4 ij i;li:nJ?ow gnm V4)i 
Imva siAce been .?ri;4*;!i^«^. The rmult m, ilaitr s|r« 
imii gtsrj4 abroai > cm ^ elonble X2 bore;, -a 
pcthPpA 1 to. an on$imr^ ik^' for the ganae of 
plain,, from sniig; I* > ** ii'. greatconTOnfen^'e 
mm->. %vho In not •■'..,1 kMrAki U< M djoodng. 
?viaoY •es'wt** iH ,, ' I ,K){Sii;d*tf **,isripawder by .v^ii'r.ji- 
o^lTAr AK.i^'-') Ai f.' ,,^ b.^'' V 'i- ‘s^ Was creaH*^ 
;nhffj:83'ioq8 onooY odr gfrohDfrTie'iil 8'‘i5>lwrTI .foJ) 
V4k. ‘'"^rr-N r ■ • u':' t.^ . hw b«<? -Iirt^ 
,D8£.fiJ^iqqriJ n Iq in3fnoD/j3fqq^op^,x^^iipxmQra/ia^^^^ 
..4vJ ,«ww8 biiW qy/J w 333^0 toflgdotvg^iD , 
.riw ',>**,'■** fa = ' ^;s.Trhire lor for the fsteam was another fatal 
ha*. ■y>ag been a favourite source of projestile 
pm'vfi--. "Khi: gv.n Is said to have been Invented m Nuremberg so- long' 
^#.0 as s56t>. 'Of fate years the air' rilie, carrying a small slug b,t fo?jX!et» 
h.a.K been much improved, atut js an excellent instructional weapon.' In 
such rMles a freRb ch.',:rge of air is compressedfor each shot, by .the process 
of -openiag the gun. in the eighteenth ceutury air guns were - often used, 
a copper -resetToif uadeimeath the gun being filled by means of a foot 
IKUUp to a cojtsiderubi« pressure, and suffido.g to :Sre perhaps twenty shots, 
• Ah’ g»ms, however, suffered from lack of power, and from restricted range, 
drawbacks Inherent in the system. The absence of noihe was in. mnhy. 
cases an advantage. Colonel, T.bomton took wi'th .him on Ids sportaug tour 
to Frauce in 1802 ins best gnus, ri'9es, and pistols, as ■v^eli as. an air rilie* 
•with this he made a great iiTipre,s3ioii. by Idllutg u wild boar at ,50 yards, 
' ai«d adi^.rwurfhn troro the h.mdhi of a ht>nie at Ml through , 
ColO'M ?,h ■■ rr-w I'X \ 
dti v'C'n of bi’eatma 
.n Ve4'~v,AVs : .si',A„4.w\‘'' ‘.M. m fm utj*k at yardR, 'verge 
m f *■ V fih- . iOTqrc-vttn'iiecit of gaasf^ind rifles, 
d' .,mrg touq .qldiyob' -yvR'sri' aid' mi iai/qi»Y9ii/wMT'^4o@;erto 
hit'"., c?' d’.'-'V! ^ toe devdopmesxt of sporting fire- 
c-rm-y, of r'ev’wds-q « m;: '*..'■•! ,.'»rt(!: 'r.V'‘irtcpa\;"c cccoimt of dm of the, most fas-, 
cxiiatlng 135 tlie m"'ty 'Of ube evoluq,oi.t ollium.au arts,. The interest 
of weapo.ini r?i. for mnm dye to Uio dose scontact with Nature wMch 
they ca.^t brf,.ag,: im o\h%\m, o.f arJv^Elurous w/amlering in thf 
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