OF SHOOTING?, 



they should be drawn carefully, and extrem&~ 

 ly clean, the very instant they are shot, and 

 immediately afterwards stuffed with dry 

 heather ; and if the plumage happens to be 

 wetted by the fall to the ground when the 

 bird is shot, it must at the same time be 

 wiped as dry as possible, before it is put into 

 the game-bag. Before the birds are packed 

 up to be sent off, it is also proper to lay them 

 In the sun half an hour, in order to render 

 them more dry. 



HEATH FOWL. 



Inhere are also innumerable quantities of 

 the black cock, or commonly called heath- 

 fowl, and a great number of thfe tarmigan, 

 found in the vicinity of the Grampian moun- 

 tains, at the dukes of Athol, Gordon, Ar- 

 gyle, and the earl of BredalbaneX which af- 

 ford excellent diversion to the sportsman, 

 the same as that of the grouse, and their 

 shooting season the same. The heath-fowl 

 lays from eight to ten eggs, she makes her 



