376 LETTERS TO YOUNG SHOOTERS LETTER 



ON WALKING A MOOR AFTER DRIVING IT 



When grouse driving is not carried on very sys- 

 tematically, or when there is time to do so, the guns 

 should walk (if possible against the wind) in the 

 evening over the ground to which the grouse were 

 driven in the last drives of the day ; by acting in this 

 manner you will not only retrieve any wounded, but 

 may have some excellent sport at the birds, for they 

 will be scattered singly here and there in the heather, 

 and will then probably lie to be walked up and shot. 



Just one hint about your clothes : Never venture 

 on a moor, when grouse driving, in a flimsy material. 

 You may find it very much colder than you expected 

 on the top of a bleak hill, especially if wet weather 

 and wind set in ; and a chill, caused by a long walk 

 to the shelters, succeeded by. a long wait before a 

 drive commences, may keep you at home when you 

 have some good sport in prospect. Depend upon it 

 'tis always better to perspire in thick clothes than to 

 shiver in thin ones ! 



