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he was unaware that the hedge from which I 
proposed to start each beat was the boundary, 
More than once have I seen this shooter leave the 
line and follow birds on his own account; and 
men who had been acting as beaters where he was 
invited to shoot told me that he would take upon 
himself to countermand orders they had received. 
I took very good care that his suggestions were 
disregarded where I was in command. 
Then there is the man who never will stay where 
he is placed. True, there are occasions when by 
shifting his stand a man may get more shooting, or 
prevent game from breaking away; but you may 
be sure a keeper places guns to the best of his 
ability, and each stand is carefully considered with 
regard to its effect on other stands and other beats. 
A host often points out the stands to guns, but 
whether the keeper or the host has selected the 
stands, the keeper manceuvres the beaters according 
to a pre-arranged placing of the guns. We were 
-partridge-driving, and at a particular drive I knew 
there would be a good many hares, which were 
certain to make for a favourite gap. Leaving the 
gun whose turn it was to be outside within a dozen 
yards of this gap, after giving him a special hint 
that he would get a few hares, I hurried off to catch 
up the beaters. We did the drive, and though 
seventeen hares passed through the gap, I heard 
.only a few shots. I reached the guns, to be 
