8 PARTRIDGES 



in manual labour the only profitable ex- 

 pression of their energy. The work of 

 the head being in its nature sedentary, 

 such folk will also desire to spend the 

 money they have earned in outdoor 

 pursuits, in the interests of their work, if 

 for no better reason. Some of these will 

 always hanker after the joys of partridge- 

 shooting, and if they cannot get it in this 

 country, which heaven forfend, they will 

 betake themselves to Hungary, Belgium 

 or Germany for their days of leisure. 



It must surely be better for the country 

 that the money earned here should be 

 spent at home, to the betterment of 

 the very class that all are agreed most 

 want encouragement the agricultural 

 population. 



And if any think that this is an ex- 

 aggerated estimate of the dependence of 

 the general prosperity in a country district 

 on the sport it affords, let him go to the 

 West of Ireland and study the conditions 

 prevailing there. He will find that, 

 where there is hunting, the district may 



