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again to the shelters without being aware of their 

 existence till they are close to them (fig. 54) ; and, 

 as the birds were probably driven downwind the first 

 drive, it is even more important they should not see 

 the shelters from a distance when returning against 

 the wind, or a considerable number are likely to 





[JBB SHELTER PLA(VKI) IN A SMALL HOLLOW. SO THAT, IX THE 



\ D"ri:L!-: DRIVE, THE limns MAY NOT SEE THE SHOOTER TILL 

 AnorT IN SHOT MK HIM, AS THEY ARE DRIVEN* FIRST FROM THE OXK 



DlKKCTION AND THEN FROM THK REVERSE ONE. 



wheel away off the drive rather than fly forward to 

 the guns. 



If double drives are being taken, and it happens 

 there is only one ridge behind which the shelters can 



the shooters without leaving their shelters merely facing right-about 

 for the second drive. The two drives form what is termed a ' double 

 drive.' Sometimes one double drive is taken on a stretch of heather, 

 and the shooters then occupy a new line of shelters for another 

 double drive on a distant part of the moor, or it often happens that 

 four drives are made to the one line of shelters, or two double drives. 

 This all depends on the number of birds, and whether the ground is 

 large and flat enough to be driven from both sides of the shelters to 

 and fro to the guns. A single drive signifies a drive to the shelters 

 from one direction only, the shooters, after it is finished, moving to a 

 fresh range of shelters on some other portion of the moor for further 

 short. 



