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5. The reverse of No. 4. 



6. In this instance the wind is right against the 

 birds. The three guns standing behind in covert will 

 obtain quite as many shots as the four standing for- 

 ward, as a number of birds are sure io turn straight 

 back downwind over the heads of the advancing line 

 of beaters. 



7. The wind here is also against the pheasants, 

 though across the wood from right to left ; many of 

 the birds are therefore certain to wheel to the left, as 

 being their easiest line of flight to obtain a fair wind 

 back to the covert. By marching the line of beaters 

 against the wind, a proportion of the pheasants will 

 be sent over the four forward guns, but the flanking 

 guns on the left, as well as the gun standing inside 

 the covert, should obtain fine chances at the birds 

 which return with the wind.* 8. The reverse of No. 7. 



Even supposing there is another covert at a short 

 distance for the pheasants to resort to when driven 

 forward, and to which they would naturally fly, still 

 if you wish to obtain as many chances at the birds 

 cti route as possible, and deal out shots all round 

 to your friends, you will invariably have to consider 

 the wind, if a windy day, and act as shown in these 

 examples ; for the direction of the wind should always 

 influence the positions in which the guns are placed. 







* If you have a ' gun ' to spare, direct him to walk on the outer 

 flank of the beaters as they wheel, in Examples 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, in 

 case any birds turn back that way, and as a help to keep them forward. 



