154 THE GROUSE 



between the guns, or a dog which requires 

 vocal efforts on the part of the keeper to 

 control it, is alike fatal to success. 



It is well, alike for dogs and guns, to 

 have a day or two on the hill before the 

 actual shooting begins, for the walking 

 that shooting over dogs entails is not 

 lightly to be undertaken by any one who 

 is quite out of condition. The morning 

 should be taken easily, and the luncheon 

 interval not unduly curtailed, for it is in 

 the evening that men and dogs should be 

 fresh, if the bag is to be well filled. 



