ON GROUSE-DRIVING 187 



In good seasons, when birds are plenti- 

 ful, a double set of beaters saves much 

 time, and adds considerably to the number 

 of drives possible in the day. 



Early in the season it is the practice 

 on many first-class moors to drive the 

 ground with a scanty, widely spread line 

 of beaters, perhaps a dozen in all. The 

 young birds are not flushed, but all the 

 old birds come forward, and it is one of the 

 most successful methods of dealing with 

 these undesirables. Perhaps a month 

 later the moor is driven again, this time 

 with a full muster, and toll taken of young 

 and old alike. 



The beaters should all carry flags and 

 know how to use them, and particularly 

 how not to use them. The head keeper, 

 or the keeper in charge of the drive, should 

 have a different-coloured flag to any one 

 else, for it is all important that he should 

 be easily distinguishable, and able to signal 

 readily to the flanks from his position in 

 the centre of the line. There seems 

 some confusion in nomenclature about 



