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them up again before the broken coveys have had 

 time to collect together. This manoeuvre does not at 

 all necessitate a number of men and shooters ; three 

 or four of the latter and a half-dozen assistants can 

 manage very well, and I have, by the assistance of a 

 few short drives taken at intervals during the day, on 

 several occasions succeeded in making a good bag of 

 birds over land that had the day before been walked 

 with indifferent success by a much larger party. The 

 simplest plan of how to do this is shown in Ex- 

 ample 4 (fig. 41, opposite page). 



Here we have two large turnip fields, (A) and (B). 

 We will suppose the birds are very wild, and rise in 

 coveys or packs, and that though they fly from (A) to 

 (B) as the guns walk (A) forward to (B), and back from 

 (B) to (A) as the guns return, still not many coveys are 

 broken up, or birds bagged. 



Now try this form of action. First place a boy 

 with a flag, or hat, or handkerchief in hand, and 

 direct him to stand as prominently as he can at the 

 end of the field (B) at (c). Next line your men and 

 guns as per arrows in sketch, and leave another boy 

 bt-hind you at (D). 



Walk the line (ride arrows) forward through (A), 

 driving the partridges into (B) ; they will settle in (B) 

 on perceiving the boy at (c) in front of them, who will 



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