ON GROUSE-DRIVING 175 



of butts, on the flat and on a hill place. 

 Here the centre butt is the highest, and 

 the ground falls away to the flanks, and 

 experience has shown that this goes far 

 to make a killing drive. In this instance 

 the flight of grouse coming towards the 

 butts can be well commanded by the 





flankers, and " leakage " is reduced to a 

 minimum. 



Figure B shows the converse, with the 

 centre of the butts in the dip and the 

 flanks on the rise. This is a most unde- 

 sirable state of affairs, and should always 

 be avoided, for in this case the birds have 

 a marked tendency to sidle away up the 

 face of the hill and break out of the drive. 



It is well worth while to " dodge " a 

 drive about, till it admits of the butts 

 standing on a " bulge " in the ground. In 



