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fidgety, impatient shooter, who will trot to a gap in 

 a good hedge to see what the beaters are doing ? 

 Particularly is it fatal to invite attention to your 

 presence when birds, instead of coming over a 

 hedge, alight just on the other side. If they 'find 

 of the guns, it is ten to one they will not face them 

 when re-flushed by the beaters. 



I recall a rather ludicrous but annoying incident 

 at a hare drive. The fence we were lining was 

 none too dense. Just as a whole troop of hares 

 were about to come through opposite the centre 

 gun, he whipped out a huge white handkerchief, 

 unfolded it, shook it well out, and blew a loud blast 

 on his nose. Another man and myself were on 

 each side of him, and had been watching the 

 approaching hares. We whistled softly, and waved 

 our hands deprecatingly. The shooter did not 

 understand, yelled out to know what was the matter, 

 and blew another blast on his nose. 



There is a type of shooter who gets wrinkles 

 from the keeper, and trots them out to the other 

 guns as his own. Though he may forget the 

 keeper, the keeper does not forget him. 



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