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been discovered, the problem is finally 

 settled ; permanent butts are erected, and 

 year after year the same performance can 

 be repeated and improved on by taking 

 hints from what happened the time before ; 

 the keeper can burn the heather to suit the 

 drive, leaving good holding cover where 

 the birds are wanted to settle, till, in all 

 favourable weather, the success of the 

 drive is assured, only varying in degree 

 according to how the young birds have 

 fared in the spring. 



In planning out partridge-driving, on 

 the other hand, there are no set pieces 

 to rely on ; the drive which proved so 

 killing one season may not admit of 

 repetition for four or five years, and with 

 the normal rotation of crops each autumn 

 presents a new set of problems in driving 

 to be dealt with. Besides demanding 

 more careful preparation of the pro- 

 ceedings, this makes it far more difficult 

 to place the guns aright, for while in a 

 grouse butt the occupant finds himself in 

 a position carefully selected to meet his 



