292 LETTERS TO YOUNG SHOOTERS LETTER 



the fun, they have all the toil. A rest will even do 

 the grouse good, and prevent them from becoming 

 wild too soon, through the bestowal of an occasional 

 quiet day. Keep men and dogs and self fresh and 

 well ; you will shoot straighter and obtain better 

 sport as a result. 



Four days a week is often enough to tramp a 

 grouse moor witli pointers and setters. Three lony 

 days in succession will not only fag yourself and your 

 men, but will tire one team of dogs to such a degree 

 they will on the afternoon of the third day appear too 

 bored to look for the game. 



The more you perspire, and the thirstier you be- 

 come, the less you should drink, and never run the 

 risk of drinking water standing on land of a peaty 

 or boggy nature, or you may, in a short space, wish 

 a grouse moor was even a more secluded spot than it 

 is. To assuage thirst (or even hunger) and keep the 

 mouth cool, nothing equals a bunch of large, fresh, 

 juicy raisins, such as you may obtain from a fruiterer's 

 shop, not from a grocer's ; keep these in a sandwich 

 tin or a tiny waterproof bag, and resort to a few now 

 and then when thirsty, and you will find they give 

 immediate relief. Remember, too, that constant 

 smoking is fatal to being in good wind for walking, 

 especially uphill. Puffing at a pipe or cigar soon leads 

 a man into taking short breaths, and to walk well a long 

 breath is indispensable. When you are very tired, lie 

 down, as sitting on heather will not rest your back. 



