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To His Serene Highness the Prince of Neuchâtel, Vice Constable of the French Empire. ARCHIVES DE 6.0-2 ARTILLERY 6.59. Sir, I, Jean Pauly, mechanic, rue des Trois Frères in Paris, formerly an officer of Swiss artillery, have the honor to present to Your Highness a war rifle that offers incontestable advantages over the rifle currently in use. Such is the fate of human inventions, which are subject to being surpassed by other inventions; but, Monseigneur, nothing establishes more clearly the preeminence of one thing over another than comparative trials carried out before the eyes of a good judge. That is why Monsieur Pauly could do no better than to submit his invention and his work to you, and to offer them to you if you find them worthy to stand beside those discoveries that contribute to the