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forward from the drivers to the shelters without 

 swerving. The only flags that should then be waved 

 are those of the ' flankers ' and ' pointsmen,' if they 

 find it necessary to do so to keep the birds straight 

 to the guns. But in a downwind drive the flight of 

 the grouse is easily influenced by the waving of flags ; 

 and if these are flourished on both sides of the 

 drive, the birds are apt to fly in a string over the 

 guns in the centre shelters, who will then obtain all 

 the chances, which, if distributed among the other 

 shooters as well, would result in a better bag and a 

 more general bestowal of the sport. 



In an upwind drive the drivers should wave their 

 flags and lower them again at the moment the grouse 

 rise out of the heather, as this will be quite sufficient 

 to cause the birds to fly forward if they can be made 

 to, which, when driving them against the wind, is a 

 much more difficult feat than when they are flying 

 with it. 



If every driver and flanker marches along with his 

 flag held aloft, the grouse will not hesitate to break 

 back over one man more than they will over another. 



The chief object of flags is to induce the grouse, 

 when on wing, to alter their line of flight from a 

 direction that will take them away from the shelters 

 to one that will bring the birds within shot of them. 



When a flanker or pointsman, by waving his flag 

 at the correct moment, tarns a pack of driven grouse 

 to the guns (that would otherwise have flown in 



