ON GROUSE-DRIVING 167 



been well managed, will be a real pleasure 

 to all concerned, and will incidentally have 

 been of good service to the moor in 

 removing some of its most undesirable 

 inhabitants in the shape of old cocks, who 

 would never have been brought to book 

 by shooting over dogs. But where the 

 natural advantages are wanting, driving 

 must be confined to such unambitious 

 efforts ; it would be labour wasted to 

 attempt anything on a more elaborate 

 scale, and could only result in disappoint- 

 ment. 



But where the moor suffers from none 

 of the disadvantages I have enumerated, 

 and there exists what I may call the 

 raw material of grouse- driving, enough 

 birds to work with and enough ground to 

 work them on, it is only a question of 

 sufficient care and attention being given 

 to ensure the production of the finished 

 article — a good driving moor. But if 

 such care and attention are not bestowed, 

 and lavishly, the results will be sadly 

 disappointing. 



