Suffolk and Berkshire, Henry Charles Howard, Earl of, 1833-1898, Peek, Hedley, Aflalo, Frederick G. (Frederick George), 1870-1918 · London : Lawrence and Bullen · leaf 97
d way infront. To prevent the birds breaking away, aman or two with flags should be placed on eachside, a long way behind the guns ; these willoften turn the birds into the next beat. In anopen down country, w-ith no fences or belts todrive over, pits are sometimes dug at intervalsabout forty yards… … .-Kn uiAi Partridge weather and for nesting. As a rule, the stockkept for breeding purposes on the manor istoo small. To secure a good (juantity fordriving, your keeper should be able to show you100 brace of birds on the ist of February, and,if the beat is a large one, say, 1,000 acres, stillmore…
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