xvn. GROUSE SHOOTING {PART 77), 'OVER DOGS' 295 



On a soft moor, as here described, a small, light 

 sledge (figs. 50, 51, 52, on opposite page) can, however,, 

 often be used. It consists of merely two broad 

 runners of hard wood, with planks nailed to them. The 

 tit'tti)><i is held upright by wooden supports, and forms 

 a receptacle for the grouse, cartridge bags, &c. The 

 sledge can be yoked to a pony by rope harness, and 

 will cross uneven ground like a ship tossing at sea. 



Avoid light colours in your clothes, or an old 

 cock doing sentry on a moss hag will see you from a 

 mile, and sound the alarm. Choose your coat and 

 cap to match the plumage of a grouse, and you will 

 be all right. 



Have good nails in your boots, and heels and soles 

 on the same lerel, as nothing is more tiring, should 

 you be walking along a slope, than the frequent slip- 

 ping over the smooth stems of heather that is sure to 

 occur if your boots are without nails or have high heels. 



If you want to have a perfect and yet an easy fit, 

 be measured by your bootmaker in two pairs of fairly 

 thick stockings. If you order your bootmaker to 

 make your boots easy after he has measured you with 



pair of stockings on, he will probably make them 

 in the wrong place, or else too large, and you 

 will soon suffer from blisters and sore feet. 



To make your feet hard, wash them in a weak 



