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fearing to cross the open headland. If 

 it seems very desirable to push all the 

 birds on in one direction, all the beats 

 must be taken the same way, the party 

 retracing their footsteps in file over the 

 old ground between each beat. 



The line should always walk across 

 the drills, and include a little of the last 

 beat in each new beat, for birds often 

 run back on to the old ground. On the 

 outer flank, which is moving over com- 

 pletely new ground, the gun should be 

 on the outside, while on the inner flank 

 one or two beaters should be 'making 

 good ' the edge of the last beat, outside 

 the flank gun. 



The line must often be slanted at an 

 angle to suit the wind or the proximity 

 of a boundary fence. The party must 

 be well drilled, and the intervals and 

 line preserved throughout the evolutions, 

 the guns walking a pace or so in front of 

 the line of beaters, and about 50 yards 

 apart. 



Picking up is a difficulty, and it 



