ON GROUSE-DRIVING 165 



Where the moor is required to furnish 

 sport to one or two guns for a month on 

 end, which is generally the case on Scots 

 moors let for the season, over dogs is the 

 only practicable way of shooting. 



If the occupier of a moor, on the other 

 hand, wishes to entertain his friends, and 

 is content to restrict the number of his 

 own days' shooting, or if the laird wishes 

 to turn his ground to the best account, 

 and obtain the high rents which are cheer- 

 fully given for good driving moors, it 

 becomes advisable to consider whether the 

 old order should not yield to the new, and 

 driving supersede the dogs. The problem 

 must be carefully thought out, for to 

 adopt the system of driving in a business- 

 like way requires no small outlay of time, 

 trouble, and money. 



To make this worth while, the moor 

 must be, to use a coined word," drivable " ; 

 that is to say, there must be enough ground 

 to manoeuvre the birds on, there must be 

 food-supply in the form of young heather 

 in sufficient quantity to carry a good 



