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EXAMPLE Xo. 7. (FiG. 34, OPPOSITE PAGE) 



HOW TO DRIVE OUT A WOOD, OR THE END OF A WOOD, 

 THAT CONTAINS PHEASANTS, ACCORDING TO THE DIREC- 

 TION OF THE WIND, WITH A VIEW TO KILLING AS 

 MANY BIRDS AS POSSIBLE 



1. The wind being quite fair for the birds, they 

 will fly straight out of covert without diverging to 

 the right or left ; and, though the four forward guns 

 can command the end of the wood, yet they will 

 require the assistance of the back guns to kill the 

 birds that would otherwise fly perhaps too many 

 together over the front ones. 



2. The wind, though fair, being partly across the 

 wood, the pheasants as they rise are sure to incline 

 to its right-hand corner, at which point it will be seen 

 the two guns on the right will flank the birds if they 

 turn that way ; but as the beaters are wheeling to the 

 left, the natural inclination of the birds to fly down- 

 wind will be somewhat checked, to the advantage of 

 the left-hand guns, and an equal distribution of sport. 



3. The reverse of No. 2. 



4. Here we have the wind fair across the wood from 

 left to right. If beaten straight out, as in No. 1, the 

 pheasants would probably all fly over the right-hand 

 side of our wood ; but by giving the beaters still more 

 inclination to the left than, in No. 2, we force many 

 of the birds over the left-hand guns, though the right- 

 hand guns are likely to obtain most of the shooting. 



