170 SHOOTING THE GROUSE 



The third difficulty, that of getting enough men 

 to drive, is in some places insuperable. But here 

 we must remember that, as in the case of the kennel 

 question, liberality will do a great deal. A frequent 

 evil to be found in Scotland is that the shooting 

 tenant, having given a rent out of all proportion to 

 the value of his moor, becomes stingy in other matters 

 to recoup himself for his bad bargain, and so between 

 the two conditions he gets less and less sport as time 

 goes on. 



As I have urged in another volume, 1 liberality to 

 all concerned is an essential condition of a pursuit of 

 pleasure such as shooting, and I have always noticed 

 that those who exercise this quality judiciously but 

 freely, and combine with it a firm and kindly discipline, 

 get the best sport. This is eminently the case in 

 Scotland, where the people, specially responsive in 

 nature, will be grateful to you for the one and admire 

 you for the other. 



Good wages, a hearty lunch, and a brake or other 

 conveyance for drivers who have to come far from 

 their homes, I have seen work wonders ; while with 

 the contrary conditions I have witnessed a general 

 mutiny, and more often a sulky recalcitrant spirit, 

 which, carried into practical effect all day, has entirely 

 ' The Partridge. 



