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manoeuvring grouse on a very long stretch of heather 

 is to divide it into three drives, with two lines of 

 shelters on it, as described here in fig. 59. 



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Fi<>. 59. Huw T.> DRIVE A L<>\G STRETCH OF MOOR A.S REPHKSEXT>:I> 



BY A, B, C. 

 The small circles are the two lines of shelters. 



^rive the grouse in A downwind over Xo. I. line of shelters to I!. 

 _mns then move to the line of shelters No. II. The binls that belong t<> 



with those which came on from A, are now driven i. 

 the puns. The grouse off A and B are finally concentrated in C. 

 - drive will lie a short one. they may be readily driven Iwk pa.-t 

 -:!! in Xo. II. line of shelters to B, and if there are sufficient 

 - for a fourth drive, send them again from B to C. If the wind 

 blows from C, the order of the drives will be revt : 



THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE SHELTERS 



^lirfters. For shelters that are utilised for 

 a drive from one direction only, there is no shape so 

 convenient and suitable, or so safe for loading in, as 

 the horseshoe, or a circle minus one third. You do not 

 require concealment from birds approaching you, save 

 to your front and sides, and if the shelter is open behind 

 you, as in fig. 60 (next page), it enables your loader to 

 charge your second gun, should you be using one, with 

 safety and ease, for he has plenty of space to do so, and 

 without any risk of filling its muzzle with soil by contact 

 with the sides of the shelter ; the floor of your shelter 



