258 PARTRIDGES 



some clear indication of the exact position 

 that each gun is supposed to occupy in 

 the drive. 



The distances between guns must 

 often be varied to suit the exigencies of 

 the drive. Thus the diagram shows the 

 position of the guns for a drive over a 

 heavily timbered fence. The small letters 

 show the pegs as they would be were 

 they marked out by rule at regular 



b B c dC eD 



intervals. But the gun at ' c ' would 

 get little or no shooting, for birds always 

 avoid flying over the high trees ; so this 

 part of the line may be safely disregarded, 

 and the guns placed as shown by the 

 capital letters. Attention to such details 

 makes all the difference to the general 

 success of the day. However well they 

 may see where they ought to be standing, 

 it is impossible for individual guns to 

 alter their position to suit their own 

 convenience, and their proper disposition 



