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third drive. Finally, the second lot of 

 beaters repeat the fourth drive, the newly 

 broken birds of the preceding drive 

 being again made use of. There are no 

 features of peculiar interest in this ex- 

 ample ; only it serves as an instance of 

 ground worked on the right lines. The 

 long drives are the two first ones, which 

 bring the mass of the birds down-wind, 

 collecting them on ground where they 

 can be * harried.' Then in the last two 

 drives a new lot of birds are brought in 

 without losing ' grip ' of the broken and 

 scattered coveys of the previous drives. 

 In a case like this the day must be divided 

 into two parts, each complete in itself. 

 Where possible, it is generally better to 

 make the whole day one campaign, and 

 end in the evening where you started 

 in the morning, but naturally local con- 

 ditions do not always admit of this. The 

 only other point in this example which 

 calls for remark is that it is not advisable, 

 where it can be avoided, to drive several 

 times over the same fence, for the birds 



