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the shooters, is that all the butts should be ' dressed ' 

 square with the line ; that is, that the front should be 

 at right angles to the direction of the drive. I have 

 often, when in a butt set askew, found myself bothered 

 in the hurry of quick firing to remember the exact 

 line, and on reflection am convinced that many of the 

 accidents that have occurred in grouse driving have 



been due to this cause. The diagram will perhaps 

 explain what I mean. 



The butts A, n, c, together with the rest of the 

 row not shown, are all on the line EK at right angles 

 to the general direction of the drive. Now the man 

 in the butt 11, though lie will doubtless survey the 

 position of his neighbours before the drive begins, will 



