I 4 2 SHOOTING THE PARTRIDGE 



Undoubtedly, the more shooting you can do in 

 front, before birds pass you, the better ; and as long 

 as there are birds coming on, you should never turn 

 round at all. 



On the whole, I am against scoring, as a matter 

 of rivalry, one against the other. It is not always a 

 true test of form, although the luck will generally 

 equalise itself over a certain number of days, and 

 if it promotes good shooting it also encourages 

 jealousy, greediness and grumbling. But it is very 

 necessary to master the art of counting the number of 

 birds you have killed in each drive, that you may 

 know how many you have to look for, and so not 

 leave them on the ground, and as a check on the 

 pilfering of birds by beaters or spectators. This is a 

 much vexed question, but it may be easily settled by the 

 host keeping count of each person's claim after every 

 drive only birds actually picked up being counted 

 without putting them against any name, as thus : 



5 1411 -132-9 = 54 

 j O n. ! 7 83=40 



Here are ninety-four birds claimed in two drives, but 

 no individual name against the individual scores, 

 which, not being put down in the order of the stands, 

 will by the end of the day be well nigh untraceable ; 



