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a mile with the wind before thinking of 

 settling again. In a country where three 

 fields out of four are cultivated, about 

 800 acres of ground carrying a fair stock 

 should make a day's driving. Two sets 

 of beaters, if they are under good dis- 

 cipline, very materially increase the 

 amount of ground you can cover, for if 

 their movements are well timed, one 

 drive then follows hard on the heels of 

 the next, the second lot of beaters being 

 already in position for the ensuing drive, 

 while the first drive is still in progress. 

 If the command is then still to be vested 

 in one man's hands, he should be mounted, 

 or time will be wasted between the drives. 

 With one set of beaters, it is well to 

 make a square of the drives, four drives 

 each at right angles to the last, the 

 fourth bringing you back to where you 

 originally started. The same drives can 

 then be taken in the reverse order, giving 

 eight drives in all, each helping the next, 

 and all using the same birds. A detached 

 party should always be working ahead, 



