HINTS ON GROUSE DRIVING. 153 



I myself believe they can walk the Highlanders silly ; 

 and, another advantage, they have but little taste for 

 whisky. Well paid are they, and deservedly so, for 

 their exertions ; and you must have plenty of them, 

 or the day is certain to turn out anything but successful; 

 so that the nouveau riche who, inclining to spend his 

 money upon sport, thinks of taking Byron's advice 



So, for a good old gentlemanly vice, 

 I think I must take up with avarice, 



(" Don Juan," Canto i. st. 216.) 



had better seek some other outlet than a Yorkshire 

 driving moor, which, leaving the rent and entertain- 

 ing out of the question, will cost him, to a certainty, 

 from 20/. to 25/. per diem for his beaters alone, a 

 crown a day and a pint of beer being the customary 

 honorarium to these young giants of the north. 



Amongst the rank and file of the drivers, the 

 " turners " or " pointsmen " hold the first position ; 

 and, as they have to work their brains more than 

 their understandings, the older and more experienced 

 employes are selected for this purpose. And here I 

 must protest against the indiscriminate use of these 

 terms as applied to those flag-bearers whose duty it 

 is not to force the grouse forward or around, as the 

 case may be, but, by waving, shouting, throwing up 

 of caps, flags, and other artifices, to divert that some- 

 what obstinate bird from following the course 

 suggested by his own wayward will, and sending him 

 to destruction, a pretty rocketer over the guns. 



