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If carried out as in fig. 12, the result will never be 
so good, since it is the outside man who does all the 
work, and who, creeping ahead next the fence, turns 
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Fic. 11 
the birds inwards after they are on the wing, and who 
is heard by those that have not risen, which con- 
sequently make away from the danger. He must 
keep very close to the fence, and if the flanking 
Fic. 12 
operation is of vital importance, he should be a 
‘gun’ rather than a beater. 
A story is told of the late Sir Henry Stracey, who, 
being a complete type of a ‘ British officer and gentle- 
