THE MOOR AND THE LOCH. 



GROUSE AND BLACK-GAME SHOOTING. 



GROUSE shooting, when the season begins, and our moors 

 are thronged by ardent sportsmen from all parts of the 

 kingdom, although requiring some tact and skill, is mere 

 child's play compared to what it becomes when the birds 

 are wild and wary. 



In the month of August or September, a few general 

 rules may enable a good shot, upon a tolerable moor, to 

 load his game-carrier. He should commence upon the 

 farthest end of his range, giving his dogs the wind, and 

 select some part of the moor, near the centre, to which 

 he must endeavour to drive all his packs. His follower 

 should be a good marker,* active and intelligent in com- 



* In marking grouse, when you can no longer distinguish them from 

 the brown heather, still let your eye follow their course, as the flap- 

 ping of their wings when they light is much longer discernible than the 

 rapid motion of their flight. 



