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into the fields of cover (E, F), and driving the birds out of 

 the latter backwards and forwards over the guns stand- 

 ing between them. 



EXAMPLE 2. (Fio. 48, NEXT PAGE) 



THE INFLUENCE OF THE WIND ON DRIVEN PARTRIDGES, 

 AND HOW TO DRIVE THEM FIRST DOWNWIND AND 

 THEN BACK AGAIN UPWIND 



You may easily force partridges over the guns 

 downwind to the boundary of the land they usually 

 occupy, if such offers fair cover to hold them, but it 

 is much more difficult to make them go there against 

 the wind. If you have succeeded in driving a number 

 of birds into a field of cover that lies on the outskirts 

 of their ground, you are almost certain of a good 

 drive, as the birds are readily driven back, even in 

 the teeth of the wind, to their more central haunts, 

 as shown in Example 2, next page. 



When you intend a day's partridge driving, com- 

 mence therefore by driving the birds downwind for 

 the following reasons : 



1st. The birds will fly downwind straight to the 

 shooters standing in their line of flight, however fast 

 the firing. 



2nd. The birds will return the next or in a future 

 drive over the shooters upwind in order to reach the 

 ground from which they were first driven. 



3rd. Though in a downwind drive the birds are 

 likely to pass over the shooters in coveys or packs, 



