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merly less productive acres now com- 

 mand, the many benefit indirectly, yet 

 in no less degree, by the annual influx of 

 wealthy folks whom fashion or inclination 

 sends to pass their Augusts in Scotland. 



In the days of muzzle - loaders the 

 pointer and the setter were the inevit- 

 able accompaniment of a day's shooting. 

 The close - cut stubbles and trimmed 

 hedgerows of more modern times led to 

 their disuse on the partridge manors of 

 the south ; while the adoption of driving, 

 enforced by the increasing; wildness of 

 the grouse in the northern counties of 

 England, still further limited the area in 

 which they may still profitably be em- 

 ployed. 



Now the time - honoured sport of 

 shooting over dogs can only be enjoyed 

 in the Highlands of Scotland, and even 

 there the spread of driving has banished 

 the older method of shooting from many 

 moors. Yet there is little cause for fear 

 that this charming form of shooting will 

 fall entirely into disuse. In Caithness, 



