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a point or corner terminated by grass or corn land, 

 do not extend the shelters across the centre of its 

 length, but as explained in fig. 58. 



If again you position the line of shelters across the 

 centre of a great level tract of moor, and drive the 



FIG. 58. (A, B), A LONG STRETCH OP Moon TKR.MIXATKD HOUND ITS 



EXTREMITY (B) BY FIELDS. 

 Small circles. The line of shelters. 



This is one of the best chances of a good drive, the reason being that you can 

 first drive the birds over the shooters off the larger half (A) and concentrate 

 them into the smaller half (B), and afterwards send every bird in B back 

 over the guns to A, even against a strong wind, which they will prefer to 

 face rather than turn towards the open fields. 



grouse downwind from one half of it over the guns 

 to the other half, depend upon it quite one-third of 

 the birds will wheel out of the drive, when you try to 

 force them back to the shelters a long way afjainst 

 the wind, whatever precautions are taken to keep 

 them straight to the guns. The best method of out- 



