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LETTERS TO YOUNG SHOOTERS 



GRO 



297 ; walking up without dogs, 

 297 ; useless early in the season, 

 298; contrasted with driving, 

 298 



Grouse shooting, ' driving : ' reasons 

 for, ii. 299 ; shooting in England 

 and Scotland contrasted, 299- 

 301 ; wildness of birds explained, 

 301, 302; selection of a moor 

 for driving, 303 ; its value, 303 ; 

 advantages, 303, 304; on chang- 

 ing drives, 304, 305 ; shape of 

 moor, 305, 306 ; heather and 

 heather burning, 307 ; sheep, 

 308 ; shelters : position, 309 ; 

 single and double drives, 309, 

 311 ; number of shelters, 312 ; 

 erection, 313 ; distance apart, 

 313-315 ; when and where shel- 

 ters should be erected, 315, 

 316 ; drivers and the habits 

 of birds, 316 ; when to drive 

 high and low ground, 317 ; how 

 to drive a long stretch of moor, 

 318, 319 ; construction of single 

 shelters, 319, 320; of double 

 shelters, 321, 323; the drivers, 



324 ; 'flankers, 324 ; pointsmen, 



325 ; plan of a drive explained, 

 326, 327 ; assistants required for 

 an ordinary drive, 328 ; when 

 double sets of drivers and 

 flankers are necessary, 329 ; 

 how to commence the drive, 

 329, 330 ; use of flags, 331, 332 ; 

 driving on flat moorland, 332, 

 334 ; how to conduct a single 

 drive on sloping ground, 332, 

 333 ; how to recover truant 

 birds, 333 ; how to manage a 

 drive with wind across, illus- 

 trated, 335-337 ; similarity to 

 partridge driving, 338 ; how to 

 shoot driven grouse, 339-341 ; 

 what constitutes a good shot, 

 341 ; distance at which to fire, 

 342, 343 ; which birds to fire at, 

 843-345 criticisms on the sport 



GUN 



reviewed, 343 ; lines of aim 

 illustrated, 346, 347 ; position 

 preparatory to firing, 347; 

 straight-forward shots, 348, 

 349 ; settling birds in front of 

 shelter, 349, 350; jack-in-the- 

 box antics, 350 ; dress, 350, 376 ; 

 seeking the slain : dangers from 

 loaded guns, 352, 353 ; use of dogs 

 for wounded birds, 353, 354 ; col- 

 lecting the dead birds, 354, 355 ; 

 how to mark them, 355, 356 ; 

 method for preventing encroach- 

 ment on another shooter's terri- 

 tory, 357-359; the use of a 

 ' strip ' in finding the dead, 358, 

 359 ; how to prevent accidents, 

 359, 360 ; safety frame for shel- 

 ters, 360-362 ; the safe handling 

 of guns: loading and loaders, 

 illustrated, 363-367 ; guns, 

 powder, and shot for grouse 

 driving, 368, 369 ; dogs in a 

 shelter, 370, 371 ; distribution 

 of the sport, 371, 372 ; flags, 

 373, 374 ; shooting sleeves, 374; 

 killing the old birds, 375 ; on 

 walking a moor after driving it, 

 376 



Gun headaches, Sir Eichard Quain 

 on, i. 201 ; the cause of, 201 ; 

 ii, 369 



Gunmakers, noted, i. 21, 22, 43 ; 

 the inventors of the hammerless, 

 26; manufacturers of ejectors, 

 30 ; experience of London 

 makers in fitting guns, 40 ; 

 their private ranges for testing, 

 41 ; and top fastenings, 54-56 ; 

 makers of the wire brush gun- 

 cleaner, 197 



Gunpowder. See Powder 



Guns, old and new, muzzle-loaders 

 v. breechloaders, i. 1-5 ; modern 

 guns, 5-7 ; fit of, 34 ; how to try 

 it, the ' fling,' 35, 36 ; the stock, 

 37, 38 ; balance, 39 ; handle, 39 ; 

 general advice on fitting, 40-43 ; 



