illustrations: P 418, 419,421
P. 421 Ladies usually shoot at a distance of about fifty yards: two targets
are placed opposite each other, 
and the archers shoot back to the
one they came from, to which they again return when their arrows are expended;
and so on, shooting from one to the other in rotation; so that, not merely
the arm, but the whole frame, enjoys the benefit of salutary exercise in
the open air, while the mind is interested, and the spirits elevated by
the sport. The attitude of an accomplished female archer, - of one who has
studied and practiced the art in a proper manner (for archery is not be
acquired without a little application,) - at the moment of bending the bow,
is particularly graceful; all the actions and positions tend at once to
produce a proper degree of strength in the limbs, and to impart a general
elegance to the deportment. For these and other reasons that might be adduced
in its favour, as a healthful and agreeable pastime, Shooting at the Target
is equaled by few, and scarcely excelled by any recreation in which propriety
permits young ladies to indulge.