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flushed, or which rise near them, are about to fly over 

 the guns : and the hitter will then know when shots are 

 to be expected, and, according to the position of the 

 whistler, over which guns the birds are likely to fly. 



Though the men who act as flankers should pos- 

 sess flags, the drivers are certainly much better with- 

 out them; for it is evident, if er?r>i<nn' has a waving 

 fliig. the birds will not mind the antics of one man 

 more than they will those of another. 



When the drivers have to pass any hedges that 

 cross the ground which is being driven, insist upon 

 each man keeping his course in a direct line. I have 

 seen many a partridge drive spoilt through the men 

 inclining to a gate or to a gap in a fence, as, on 

 emerging therefrom, they have to walk to their right 

 or left before they can reform line ; the result is they 

 at once commence to drive the birds in the field they 

 have just entered to its sides instead of forward to 

 the guns. 



Tin- 7- la ///.v/ 1 *. These are our most valuable 



-rants when partridges are being driven, for, 



though the drivers flush the birds, the flankers' duty 



direct their flight over the guns. Give your 



flankers flags, yellow ones for preference, about 2 feet 



square, on sticks quite 4 feet long. Now r the flankers 



can In? as energetic with their flags as they like, and 



rustle them to and fro when it is necessary to turn 



