68 GROUSE SHOOTING IN SCOTLAND 



Each guest is delightfully cared for in a house 

 of this kind. And this care is so quietly and 

 charmingly exercised that the recipient is 

 never allowed to realize that the host is putting 

 himself to any trouble on his behalf. The 

 English excel in this art of genial and thought- 

 ful entertaining. 



At home we are apt to think a guest must 

 be everlastingly amused — he is worn to death 

 with the occupations, pleasures, " sight-seeing " 

 provided by his host — amusements which 

 usually afford entertainment to every one 

 except the poor victim. There is nothing of this 

 kind in England. The meals are at settled 

 hours, and at these the " house-party " fore- 

 gathers. Unless there is something special 

 on foot, such as a shoot, each one is absolutelj^ 

 his own master in the intervals. As these 

 " house-parties " are usually composed of light- 

 hearted young men and very often of beauti- 

 ful women, there is every reason why you 

 should have a delightful time. The whole 

 house and home of the host is in the fullest 

 sense of the word at the guest's absolute dis- 



