CHAPTER XVII 



TIPS AND TIPPERS 



The custom of tipping On being tipped Tipping- time Touting 

 for tips Generous tippers Average bag of tips Tricks of 

 tippers Exceptional tips My last tip. 



THE custom of tipping the gamekeeper may be 

 likened unto a footpath which, by existence from 

 immemorial time, has come to be a recognized 

 thing. The keeper, I think, can claim that the 

 practice of tipping members of his craft is as old- 

 established as any other sort of tipping. He argues, 

 on the analogy of the footpath, that would-be tippers, 

 and keepers who would be tipped, are justified by 

 right of user. At any rate, tips for so long have 

 formed part of the keeper's income that they are 

 recognized as part of his wages. If tipping the 

 keeper were to be prohibited by law, a rise in his 

 wages would be the rational result. Including his 

 tips, the gamekeeper, in view of what is required 

 of him, is by no means overpaid. The day of 

 the ' no scholard ' is done. Nowadays, to be a 

 successful keeper, a man must be fairly well educated. 

 He must be of smart address, and on shooting-days, 



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