GAME-COVERTS 169 



Flushing-coverts need not be self-con- 

 tained, but may be the corner of another 

 wood ; they are, however, best suited to 

 their purpose as isolated clumps, or con- 

 nected with the main wood by a belt. 

 Apart from considerations of site, influ- 

 enced solely by the ease with which birds 

 may be driven into them, and made to 

 fly high when they turn home again, 

 their sole need is thick under-cover. To 

 show that there is an exception to every 

 rule, it may be mentioned that in one of 

 the best rises in the kingdom the flushing 

 spot consists of naked rock, as bare of 

 under-cover as may well be conceived. 

 The success of this rise is, of course, due 

 to peculiar conditions, the birds being 

 pushed out of the woods in which they 

 live straight up the side of a mountain. 

 Running on in front of the beaters until 

 they reach the bare rocks, some squat, 

 others turn back at once, a few scramble 

 up to the summit ; but all, having nowhere 

 else to go, must eventually come soaring 

 homewards over the guns. 



