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to cater to the needs of those whose days 

 of leisure are few. The shooting on a 

 moor naturally falls within the compass 

 of the normal autumn holiday of the man 

 of business ; and without having to 

 reckon with any more prolonged or 

 arduous journey than a night in a well- 

 appointed sleeping-car, he may in some 

 Highland lodge find the complete change 

 and rest he seeks. Here nothing will 

 serve to remind him of his workaday 

 existence, and a month of plain living 

 and hard, yet pleasant exercise in the 

 healthiest of surroundings will send him 

 back to his office restored alike in mind 

 and body. 



All forms of sport enjoyed by the 

 leisured classes are now the object of 

 much adverse criticism, but grouse-shoot- 

 ing may be defended on purely economic 

 grounds, for it has come to be a real 

 factor in the life of Scotland, and con- 

 ducive, if not essentia], to the welfare 

 of her people. For while the few may 

 benefit directly by the rents their for- 



