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colour of the flags carried by the head man should 

 be different in colour from those the drivers carry, the 

 flank men, again, having a distinctive flag of some kind ; 

 yet you usually see flags served out indiscriminately, 

 and it is consequently impossible at a distance for 

 either the shooters or the drivers to tell where the 

 centre of the line or the flanks may be. This the 

 drivers, at least, embracing as they sometimes do a 



FIG. i. 



mile and a half of line, ought to be able to do, and 

 each one regulate his own pace and direction thereby. 

 I would recommend white flags for the rank and 

 file, and a red one for the head man or centre of the 

 line, with red and white ones for the flankers and 

 pointsmen. The white is the most visible on the 

 moor, but the red and white ones, especially if made 

 as in fig. 2, are very conspicuous, and therefore good 



