248 LETTERS TO YOUNG SHOOTERS I.ETTEK xi\. 



If birds are not plentiful, you may shift the order 

 of the shooters, as you fancy, merely taking care that 

 the flank guns have their turn in the centre sometimes 

 during the day. But if birds are numerous, the best 

 method of giving everyone an equal chance of sport 

 is to direct your friends to move ' one ' to the right 

 after each drive. For instance, if there are seven 

 guns, they stand 



1.2.3.4.5.6.7 



for the first drive. The ensuing drive they are 

 probably faced about, as the birds may be driven 

 back again, but, whether or no, this is then the order 

 of the guns, 



7.1.2.3.4.5.6 



all having shifted one place to the right, the flank 

 man, or the highest numeral that is, taking his place 

 as No. 1 in the line. 



In the three following drives the guns will be as 

 under : 



6.7.1.2.3.4.5 



5.6.7.1.2.3.4 



4 . 5 . 6' . 7 . 1 . 2 . 3 



and so on. It will be seen that No. 7, though he 

 started as an outside gun, has gradually reached the 

 more coveted centre, and is now No. 4, counting, as is 

 the usual custom, from the right-hand man at each 

 new drive. 



