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(3) If the head-keeper goes with the drivers he 

 should be on that flank which it is necessary to control 

 more, otherwise he may act as a stop ; both ends of 

 line of butts should be stopped. 



(4) Drivers should walk slowly and silently, keeping 

 their eyes open to receive directions from the man 

 under whose control they work. There is no earthly 

 use in yelling " Mark " when the birds arise this 

 only frightens them, and is apt to make them break 

 back, grouse in flight naturally cling to the hill side. 



(5) When birds arise and show a tendency to break 

 back or to pass over the flanks, the drivers should 

 quietly stoop so as to keep out of sight for the time, 

 and then slowly rise again as the birds approach them. 

 This plan is much better than the common one of 

 shouting and gesticulating, and the probability is, 

 if the former plan is observed, that the birds will 

 sweep round in front of the drivers and go over the 

 guns. 



(6) In driving ground which is high on one flank 

 and low on the other, the drivers on the lower ground 

 should be a little more advanced than those on the 

 higher ground. 



(7) When there is a strong wind blowing across the 

 drive, the downwind flanks should be well advanced. 

 They thus form a screen to turn the birds. It may also 

 be advisable to put more men on the downwind arm of 

 the horseshoe, at the expense of the upwind one. It 

 is really useless to attempt to drive grouse against a 



