RULES OF SAFETY.
The following rules of safety should never be disregarded:
1. On taking a firearm in your hands, see for yourself if it be loaded or not, and never take any one's word for it.
2. Keep the muzzle of a loaded gun above the level of the eye, and hold a pistol at a corresponding angle.
3. Handle all firearms as if loaded.
Note.—The Numbers scattered through "The Outfit," and "Rules of Practice," refer to paragraphs further on, correspondingly numbered, which are explanatory of terms used, and give the reasons for the suggestions offered.
This plan relieves the pith of the book from any confusing element.
THE OUTFIT.
Three[1] persons purchase a .22[3] calibre rifle,[2] having a shot-gun[4] stock, and buck-horn[5] or clover-leaf rear sight, a supply of short cartridges,[6] and a Fletcher bell-ball.[7]