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viceable. Dogs; fowling-piece, in case or bag; two 

 extra pivots; a pivot pricker ; pivot wrench ; gun-rod 

 or cleaner ; a small bottle of olive oil; some linen 

 cloth and leather; safety powder-flask; dram-flask; 

 shot-belt ; bird-bag '; a canister oi powder; a quantity 

 of shot, various sizes ; wire-cartridges and case; a 

 few pairs of woollen stockings; strong laced boots, or 

 strong shoes and gaiters; a shooting cap, or very 

 light hat; copper-caps and box; wadding; screw- 

 turner; spring-cramp; a punch for cut ting waddings; 

 shoe-oil; straps, collars, couples, and cords, for lead- 

 ing and tying up dogs; dog-whistle; dog-whip; 

 a pocket-knife; a pen-knife; a pocket-comb; some 

 cord or string for tying up game ; hampers in which 

 grouse may be packed between layers of heather ; 

 sealing-wax and seal to mark birds when sent by a 

 coach or carrier; game certificate; card of permis- 

 sion, or other authority to produce to the game- 

 keepers ; a pedometer; a small pocket-compass, which 

 is useful in a fog ; sandwiches, cigars, soda powders, 

 Prometheans, brandy; an achromatic telescope, to 

 view the scenery and the deer, may afford amuse- 

 ment in the Highlands. Half these things may 

 be dispensed with, it is for the shooter to judge 

 which of them he will require. 



On the eleventh of August the sportsman arrives 

 at his shooting quarters, probably some isolated 

 tavern, " old as the hills," (if such a house as the 

 grouse shooter occasionally locates himself in, in 

 the northern or midland counties of England, or in 

 Scotland, where oat-cake and peat supply the place 

 of bread and fuel, can be called a tavern.) The 



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