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which will require most of his arts and all of his re- 

 sources. But there are three important pieces of 

 information, knowledge of which must underlie the 

 whole of his plan of campaign : 



(1) Accurate observation of the He of the land. 

 The keeper must carry in his mind a veritable 

 Ordnance Survey map of the moor. 



(2) The habits of the birds as far as the question 

 of their customary flight is concerned. 



(3) The principles underlying the forming, the 

 marching, and the evolutions of the corps of beaters. 



These three pieces of knowledge will lead him far 

 to a successful outcome of the issue before him, which 

 is how best to get the stock of birds over the guns. 

 To successfully carry out a series of drives to their most 

 perfect issue will, however, require not only careful 

 consideration, but much elaborate manoeuvring, and on 

 this account he will have to take into his consultation, 

 more closely than in most of his duties, the man who 

 should know a great deal about the sport he wishes 

 to enjoy, viz. his master. Besides this, the keeper, 

 who desires to learn the art of grouse - driving 

 thoroughly, must seek information of a more elaborate 

 nature than this book pretends to supply. If he desires 

 to bring his results comparatively of course to the 

 perfection attained at Moy Hall, at Bromhead, at 

 Gannochy, High Force, or Studley, he will buy or 

 borrow from his master the writings of Lord Granby, 



Lord Walsingham, Sir R. Payne Gallwey, Mr. Tom 

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