222 THE SPORTSMAN IN FRANCE. 



CHAPTER VIII. 



Good regulation in France, in restricting the shoot- 

 ing — The opening day regulated by the harvest 

 — Game-laws — Our Game-laws, and a few obser- 

 vations on the game-bill — No grouse in France — 

 Remarks on grouse-shooting — How to pack birds 

 intended for presents — Sporting on the moors 

 — Training recommended — A dog made a com- 

 panion — Patent safety-guard — Accident men- 

 tioned. 



There is one salutary regulation in 

 France, which is invariably and strictly 

 enforced throughout the country, and 

 which, by the way, I could wish to see fol- 

 lowed in our own bird counties — and 

 that is, the mayors of communes and dis- 

 tricts being empowered to postpone the 



