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alarmed, they will rise singly, and fly high between the 

 two woods, especially during the last drive out of (B). 



EXAMPLES NOS. 5 AND 6. (FlGS. 32, 33, NEXT PAGE) 

 DRIVING PHEASANTS AMONG HILLS 



The perfection of pheasant shooting is when 

 woods crown opposite hills, so that the birds can be 

 driven to and fro high over the shooters as the latter 

 stand in the valley below. See Example No. 5. 



This is the cream of the sport, as far as skill with 

 the gun is concerned ; and many varieties of difficult 

 shots occur, such as birds that dip and rise, or that 

 slant downhill with stiffened wings the hardest of 

 all to kill. 



If the woods clothe the slopes of the hills as well 

 as their summits, some careful generalship will be 

 necessary to force the birds to fly high. We will take 

 Example Xo. 6 as a section of No. 5, but with the 

 woods coming down to the foot of the hills. Now in 

 this case, if the wood, let us say on the right, was 

 driven from (c) to (B) towards the opposite side of the 

 valley, as might be done in Example No. 5, the birds, 

 finding concealment at hand, would run down the 

 -lope of the hill, and rise low at (A) over the guns 

 -tanding at (D). 



