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Show 6td to Be Setter Than Herr Dowe's &Saft Proof Cuirass, The Dovq mail coat, etill in process of perfection, is already to be supplanted sup-planted by the . Boynton shield, say Arms end Explosives, an English jv'-nr-oaL The rtiold it nothing more than ft steel plate a foot equare, which weigfea just eight pounds. It ts made in, eucn a ay tiiat it can be suspended from the rifle of a soldier, and it will alwaya maintain a vertical position, no matter at what angle the gun as held. Standing or kneeliiig, the 6oldier is protected to large extent bfciiind the plate. When iu a kneeling position, be in almost entirely entire-ly hidden by the plate, which, instead of interfering with his aim, he? pa him to eight The barrel of the gun fits ints a groove at the top of the plate, and by I means of slides at the ends a nnmber oi plates can be strung together, thus forming form-ing a veritable "Chinese wall" for a row of aharpbhooters. The "ficvue de Cercle Militaire" pronounces pro-nounces ' ih Bnynton shield just w serviceable as the Dowe cuirass and eroz wore effective |