242 LETTERS TO YOUNG SHOOTERS LETTER 



EXAMPLES 3 AND 4. (Fias. 44 AND 45) 



THE INFLUENCE OF THE WIND ON THE POSITION 

 OF THE SHOOTERS FOR A DRIVE 



Though partridges will fly over the guns against 

 the wind in their anxiety to return to fields they have 

 been driven from, as shown in Example 2, page 240, 



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Fm. 44. PARTRIDGE DRIVING. (EXAMPLE 3.) 



(A, B, C), three fields of cover. Small arrows are the driver.- walking forward. 

 Small circles are the guns posted for the drive out of (A). La rye arrow points 

 in the direction the wind blows from. 



yet when flying with the wind, they will always 

 borrow its assistance to aid their flight. 



From this it is obvious, when driving partridges 

 downwind, the shooters should be placed with their 

 faces as fair towards the wind as possible, which will 

 often entail their standing some distance to one 



