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towards you, and well under them when 

 they are past the line : this would seem 

 somewhat subversive of the laws of 

 dynamics, for it is a reasonable supposition 

 that the more under a bird coming low 

 towards you the gun is pointed, the more 

 probable is it that the path of the shot 

 will intercept the line of flight of the 

 oncoming bird. Diagrams showing this 

 certainly appear to settle the point con- 

 clusively in theory ; but the fact remains 

 that, for some reason or other, the reverse 

 holds good in practice, and the natural 

 tendency on the moor is to shoot under 

 birds coming up to the line, and over 

 them when they have passed. 



If you are only using one gun, and 

 the birds are coming thick, it is best 

 only to put in one cartridge at a time ; 

 you will get far more shots at a long 

 strung out pack by working away with 

 your right barrel at single birds, than by 

 trying to reload both barrels. 



In a drive where the birds are coming 

 with a good wind behind them, you can 



