Excerpt from A Handbook of Deer-Stalking
First, as to judging distance, nothing can be better than the advice he gives. I add to it, that every young stalker and some old ones also Will derive advantages, even With modern express rifles, if, When they have an opportunity of practising on hilly ground, they devote some time to firing at stones, or any other mark, in every possible position. Try down and up hill, on level ground, and from the side of a steep hill to an oppo site hill, carefully noting in their memory the sighting at each mark. If blessed With good eyesight, a Henry express.
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