86 THE GROUSE 



after — just before the building of railways 

 in Scotland — arrangements were primitive 

 indeed, or seem to us now to have been so. 

 Sixty years ago or thereby the annual 

 invasion of the Scottish Highlands for the 

 opening of shooting on 12th August was 

 chiefly made by means of lumbering heavy 

 old family carriages, now entirely obsolete. 

 Processions of these antique vehicles, 

 drawn by relays of hired horses with 

 postillions, might be seen for weeks on the 

 dusty roads, slowly threading their way 

 to their respective destinations in the 

 northern counties. 



How different is the case now ! How 

 much more rapidly and comfortably, as 

 well as less expensively, is the exodus 

 accomplished of the great sporting army 

 from the metropolis and all parts of 

 southern Britain to the captivating lodges 

 and breezy moors of the north. Who that 

 would fully realise this should read the 

 charming sketch of the " Scotch Mail " by 

 the late Mr. Stuart Wortley in the Fur, 

 Feather, and Fin Series. "Exactly 



