1. |
The parties to leave the City at 5 O Clock A. M Wednesday morning 11th
Instant. |
2. |
The distance between the parties to be 10 yards & the Pistols not to
exceed 11 Inches in the barrel. The Seconds to determine by lot the choice of
Positions and the Giving of the word. |
3. |
The parties being placed at their Stations—The Second who gives the words
shall ask them whether they are ready. Being answered in the affirmative he shall
say present after which the parties present & fire when they please. If one
party fires before the other, the
opposite second shall say one, two, three fire and he shall fire or loose his
fire. |
4. |
A snap or flash to be considered a fire. |