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small circles in Example 4. The birds which are first 

 flushed in (A) will then pass within shot of the guns on 

 the right ; those which rise in the middle of the field 

 will fly past the centre guns ; and the birds which rise 

 last, when the field is nearly driven out, will give shots 

 chiefly to the shooters on the left. 



EXAMPLE 5. (FiG. 46) 



DRIVING PARTRIDGES PARTLY AGAINST A SIDE WIND 



In this case the downwind extremity of your line 



Pitt. 46. (EXAMPLE 5.) 



(A, B), two fields of cover. Small arrows are the drivers walking forward. The 

 flags are the four flankers. Small circles are the guns posted for the drive 

 from (B) to (A). Large arrow points in the direction the wind blows from. 



of men will have to be slightly advanced, and the 

 flankers should chiefly guard that side of the field in 

 order to send the birds over the guns, as above shown. 



