190 LETTERS TO YOUNG SPORTSMEN. 



IF YOU HEAR THE TAPPING OF A STOP, BUT CANNOT SEE HIM, 

 TELL HIM TO COME OUT AND STAND IN SIGHT. 



host whether you have had much shooting, avoid making any 

 reply indicative of dissatisfaction. Such replies, if often 

 repeated, are apt to be interpreted as a hint that you think 

 yourself entitled to a better .place. You will often come across 

 a man who always seems to get plenty of shooting no matter 

 where placed ; it is a case of " where Macdonell sits, that is 

 the head of the table." The cynics remark that such a man 



