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are driven round the bend of a hill or sloping ground, there 

 is, as a rule, little advantage gained by levelling, i.e., 

 correcting the slope of the whole width of the ride; it is 

 usually sufficiently effective if the higher side, to the 

 extent of 6ft. or so, be so treated, thus forming a path for 

 the guns to traverse, and suitable foothold for shooting 

 from when birds are coming down. A similar one, though 

 not necessarily of the same width, should be formed on 

 the lower side for shooting purposes when the birds are 

 coming in the contrary direction. 



What are known as flushing-trigs generally are series of 



Fig. 16. Section of Flushing-Trig. Scale J4in- = I foot. 

 a, Support for Netting or Sewin. 



dry ditches and mound alongside ; these are run through 

 the coverts for the purpose which their name implies. 

 Sometimes, however, they are far less pretentious, and 

 are represented by small narrow belts, a few feet wide, 

 from which all undergrowth and low cover have been cleared 

 off. Their purpose in any case is to cause birds to rise 

 before the guns, and the duty of providing them falls 

 upon the game-preserver. They are formed either parallel 

 to the rides, at a distance of some thirty to fifty paces, 

 or are driven through the coverts at equidistance from 

 ride to ride, between these and the boundaries, or a few 

 yards within the boundaries. They are trusted to effect 



