Colonel T’s ditto hit the bull’s eye.
General B’s fourth shot struck to the left of the plate thirteen inches from the mark.
Colonel T’s ditto near the mark.
General B’s fifth shot went over the mark.
Colonel T’s ditto within one inch of the bull’s eye.
The other rifle, shot by a person belonging to the manufactory, did not succeed better than General Beaumont, and the decision was consequently given in my favour. The rifle I shot with on this occasion, was the workmanship of Mr. Sluden, of Cockspur Street.
During the late war in 1775, a company of riflemen, formed from the backwoodsmen of Virginia, was quartered here (Lancaster in New England), for some time. Two of them alternately held a board, only nine inches square, between his knees, while his comrade fired a ball through it from a distance of one hundred paces. The board is still preserved, and I am assured, by several who were present, that it was performed without any manner of deception.—Maccerone—Thornton, &c.
Rigid, a. Stiff, not to be bent, unpliant, inflexible.
Ring, s. A circle; a circle of gold or some other matter worn as an ornament; a circular course; a circle made by persons standing round; a number of bells harmonically tuned; the sound of bells or any other sonorous body; a sound of any kind; a hunting term.