Grouse Shooting in Ireland 107 



base of a steep mound or big hillock, Moll 

 " roded " some fifty or sixty yards and then 

 came to a beautiful steady point, Darby 

 backing in fine style about twenty paces to 

 the rear. It was a most charming sight to 

 see those two beautiful creatures standing as 

 if carved out of stone, not a hair or muscle 

 moving, except a slight motion of dear old 

 Moll's muzzle as she inhaled the scent of the 

 birds. A nice little pack of some dozen 

 birds rose, out of which I, being better 

 placed, was lucky enough to get a brace. 



B accounted for one, missing a difficult 



low crossing shot with his left. Passing 

 over this rising ground, we came on the 

 other side to a comparatively bare space 

 of about a couple of acres, where the 

 heather had been burnt the previous year, 

 and out of a patch of heather which had 

 escaped the flames a single bird rose, 

 which B stopped. We now had to 



