DRIVING 277 



driving line. The third diagram shows 

 the right way to carry out this drive ; 

 the flanks are hardly advanced at all, the 

 line being practically straight ; no flankers 

 are posted. A few birds will probably 

 turn straight back over the beaters' heads, 

 but the bulk of the birds homeward 

 bound may be relied on to go straight 

 over the guns. 



The guns should always do their share 

 towards making the day a success, by 

 paying a reasonable amount of attention 

 to the work in hand. They can help 

 matters considerably by responding readily 

 to instructions and generally showing 

 some interest in the proceedings. No- 

 thing is more annoying to a host who is 

 anxious to get on to the next drive 

 than to find that some couple have 

 wandered off in quite the wrong direction, 

 deeply engaged in earnest discussion, and 

 entirely oblivious of the flight of precious 

 time. Between drives, guns ought to 

 be carried unloaded ; shooting at odd 

 birds when moving to a new stand is 



