214 SHOOTING THE GROUSE 



the main body of your men, and on flushing them 

 again at the points x x you will find they fly on to 

 one or other of the points about D, where I have in- 

 dicated lines of butts. 



To arrive at these things you must either be on 

 the moor as constantly as a keeper or a shepherd, or 

 have out a few men and make experimental drives, 

 letting your head man lie on a high point, whence he 

 can command a view of the whole manoeuvre. 



The endless varieties and possibilities of managing 

 grouse according to conditions of ground, wind, and 

 season, will afford you many interesting and pleasant 

 days between the intervals of your shooting parties, 

 while they will add immensely to your enjoyment of 

 the results. 



For actual marksmanship I must refer my readers 

 to what I have endeavoured to make clear in the 

 volume on ' Partridge ' of this series, and to the dia- 

 grams explaining the reasons for shooting over birds, 

 &c., repeating once more that it is impossible to teach 

 anyone how to shoot driven birds. With driven grouse 

 the necessity for shooting high is even more marked 

 than with partridges. You will get many more shots 

 on the level and below you, and in aiming at these you 

 must constantly bear in mind to avoid the tendency 

 to dwell or poke at the birds. This ahvays results 



