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drive the game forward, but will also enable the 

 shooters to more readily detect their position when 

 amid trees and underwood. 



As a signal for beaters to advance through a 

 covert, nothing is so unmistakable as a note from -a 

 small horn that can be carried in the pocket. Shouting 

 puts all game on the alert ; and, as to a whistle, this 

 is easily misunderstood, as it may be intended to call 

 in a wandering dog, and not as an order for the line 

 to move. One short note on a horn ' Let beaters 

 corne on,' two notes ' All stop,' is a simple form of 

 signalling that every bush-whacker will easily under- 

 stand. 



THE STOPS 



The boys or men I prefer the latter as more 

 reliable who act as ' stops ' hold a very onerous 

 position in regard to the success of a day's covert 

 shooting. If you utilise boys as ' stops ' to prevent 

 game stealing away, place in charge of them a trust- 

 worthy man, whom you may facetiously term the 

 ' king of the stops.' This man should patrol round 

 his sentries, and be answerable' for their zeal in 

 attending to their separate posts ; for if ' stops ' are 

 under no supervision they are sure to collect in a 

 group to discuss some important question of village 

 gossip, such as the quality of the tap at the Blue 



