1 84 SHOOTING THE PARTRIDGE 



must be dealt with at once. To shoot properly you 

 must study your walking, and train yourself to the 

 habit, which becomes eventually second nature, of 

 surveying the ground just in front of you before you 

 put your feet down. If you are stumbling over tur- 

 nips or treading indiscriminately among the drills, 

 you will miss many shots, for the partridge is up and 

 off like a firework without your knowing where the 

 fuse is lighted that sets him off. Study the possibilities 

 of a shot when getting over a fence, and so order 

 your going that without danger to others you are 

 always ready. 



In conclusion, if possible, let no one be of your 

 party who is not keen and ready to abide by orders. 

 If he does not care to help towards making a good 

 bag, and to do exactly what you tell him, you are 

 better without him. 



