SCOTCH DRIVING 159 



Driving was first resorted to in 1869, and only 

 then when the birds were too wild to sit to dogs. On 

 September 8, 1869, the entry is ' We drove the birds ; ' 

 the result for two guns was twelve grouse not much, 

 but a beginning. The next mention is on August 30, 

 1870, when, with four guns, forty-two grouse were 

 got by driving; and there are two other days in that 

 year when the same number of guns shot twenty-seven 

 and thirty-four birds. No attempt was then made to 

 go over the main part of the moor. Driving was 

 only resorted to on the flats and round the cornfields. 

 Of course no butts were at that time erected. In 1871 

 four guns got by driving 60, 57, and 121 grouse. 

 On September 15, when the 121 grouse were got, the 

 entry is, ' Everything went well ; we got fifteen brace 

 at one drive, and eighteen brace at another.' 



In 1872 there is the first entry of the individual 

 scores of the guns. Twenty-nine birds was the highest 

 score. In the years of 1871 and 1872 the total num- 

 ber of grouse killed during the season was 2,836 and 

 3,002 (birds). 



From 1876 to 1879, owing to the moor being let, 

 no driving was done. In 1879 this form of sport 

 was regularly taken up: and on September i, 103 

 grouse were killed in six drives. The highest score 

 at one drive was thirteen birds for forty-three shots. 



