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admirably. Our total bag was eighteen 

 brace of grouse, the couple of snipe, and a 

 mountain hare which I shot just after lunch, 

 but forgot to mention. Of course, this is 

 really not much of a bag, but for a moderate- 

 sized shoot where the birds are none too 

 numerous, and considering that we were 

 shooting it a second time over dogs, I think 

 we were almost justified in being somewhat 



elated ; at any rate, B and I were well 



pleased. 



In conclusion, may I, as an old-fashioned 

 sportsman, be granted an indulgence for 

 expressing a belief that there is infinitely 

 more real happiness and enjoyment to be 

 got out of shooting over dogs than can be 

 obtained in grouse driving. I admit, most 

 fully, that an immense bag can be made by 

 driving if conducted in a methodical and 

 tactical manner, but does the big head of 

 game killed compensate for the pleasure of 



