OUTDOORS 



you stop for lunch, and tell any strangers that 

 you happen to meet that the dog is the great- 

 est dog on earth. The dog will know bet- 

 ter, but his owner won't. 



Never travel more than three in a crowd. 

 Two are plenty, but more than three are dan- 

 gerous. Some enthusiastic member in a quar- 

 tet is apt to pepper you with a few pellets of 

 shot in a moment of temporary aberration 

 and his " By George, old man, I'm awfully 

 sorry! " is only partially soothing to the vic- 

 tim. Do not, above all things, clean out a 

 bevy of birds, even if quail are scarce. Leave 

 a few for next season. Twenty quail to a 

 man are as many as should be shot, even in 

 a country where fifty or more could be bagged. 



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