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dangerous work and should never be 

 allowed. Partridges have a marked dis- 

 like to the human voice, and the host's 

 injunction to move quietly into their 

 places should be strictly complied with 

 by his guests. 



The fourth diagram shows a success- 

 ful morning's driving off some 500 acres 

 of well-cultivated land with 600 to 700 

 birds on it, six guns and about thirty 

 beaters taking part. As will be seen on 

 the plan, the first two drives are sweeping- 

 in manoeuvres to collect the birds, and 

 helped by the wind should result in the 

 mass of the birds being pushed across the 

 road during the second drive. The guns 

 then occupy the hedge marked as * final 

 position.' Half the beaters bring the 

 roots next the road over the guns, while 

 the other half get round the far side of 

 the farther root field. The guns then 

 face about, now lining the other side of 

 the fence for the fourth drive ; this is 

 the first drive with an adverse wind, but 

 the birds are all making homewards and 



