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... kill as far as the muzzle - loader . Ans . They kill quite as far and shoot as strong ; a fact which may be easily ascertained by an experiment at a target . No. 2. They are much heavier . This is not invariably the case , and when it ...
... kill as far as the muzzle - loader . Ans . They kill quite as far and shoot as strong ; a fact which may be easily ascertained by an experiment at a target . No. 2. They are much heavier . This is not invariably the case , and when it ...
Side 40
... killed on the spot . Another case was that of a Frenchman , with whom I was personally acquainted . He was out snipe - shooting , and wished to pass from one marais to the other , the two marais , or marshes , being divided or separated ...
... killed on the spot . Another case was that of a Frenchman , with whom I was personally acquainted . He was out snipe - shooting , and wished to pass from one marais to the other , the two marais , or marshes , being divided or separated ...
Side 42
... kill game close to you , piquing themselves on the close shooting of their guns , and the accuracy of their aim ; but no ... killed a snipe , which was at least twenty feet from the surface of the ground , when I found that one shot had ...
... kill game close to you , piquing themselves on the close shooting of their guns , and the accuracy of their aim ; but no ... killed a snipe , which was at least twenty feet from the surface of the ground , when I found that one shot had ...
Side 50
... kill a cross shot . On some days when they get a number of straightforward shots , they are very successful , but when the majority of shots happen to be cross ones , they scarcely kill anything ; and they cannot understand the reason ...
... kill a cross shot . On some days when they get a number of straightforward shots , they are very successful , but when the majority of shots happen to be cross ones , they scarcely kill anything ; and they cannot understand the reason ...
Side 54
... killing what- ever he shoots at , must learn so to direct his gun that the object aimed at is hit with the centre of the charge . This is the main point -- to hit birds without killing them will not answer the purpose ; attention may ...
... killing what- ever he shoots at , must learn so to direct his gun that the object aimed at is hit with the centre of the charge . This is the main point -- to hit birds without killing them will not answer the purpose ; attention may ...
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