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LETTERS TO YOUNG SHOOTERS LETTER 



HOW TO MANAGE A COBNER CONTAINING BABBITS 



(A B) is a bird's-eye view of the end of a covert (made thick, if 

 necessary, by strewing hedge clippings, tree tops, and branches). 



(C D) is a broad ride cut to divide the corner (A) from the rest of the 

 covert. 



(I), (II), (III), (IV), (V), (VI) are the shooters posted ready for the 

 rabbits in (A). 



The arrows are the line of beaters advancing from the ride through 

 the corner (A). 



(D 









FIG. 80. 



To manage a corner like this, when it holds a number of rabbits 

 that have been purposely driven into it, you should start the beaters 

 walking as indicated by the arrows, and leave three guns (see (I), (II), 

 (III), in sketch) posted on the ride to kill the rabbits that are sure to 

 run back to regain the main part of the wood which they belong to. 



After the beaters have driven out the corner (A) to its extremity, 

 and sent what rabbits they can forward, and past the guns (IV), (V), 

 (VI), they right-about face, and, retracing their steps, march slowly back 

 towards ithe other guns (I), (II), (III), who will probably throughout 

 the performance enjoy most of the shooting. 



