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I take for my basis the tables which are given hj Mr. Watson Lyall 

 ia his Sportsman's Guide for October, 1892, and shall proceed system- 

 atically and deal with matters in detail. 



Mr. Lyall treats only with the shooting and fishing in Scotland, but 

 does so in very comprehensive style. In his tables he sets forth the 

 name of the shooting and fishing, proprietors, tenants or occupiers, and 

 the rent. 



In a compilation such as his it would be quite impossible to obtain 

 complete information, doubtless this is the reason why so many blanks 

 are left in the rent column, although in nearly every instance the name 

 of the tenant or occupier is given. We may also take it for granted 

 there are some shootings and fishings of which no return has been 

 made, and therefore they are not mentioned. The print used in the 

 book is very small and in two or three instances a figure has been 

 "dropped." Making, however, all due allowanceSj the following will 

 be found to be a pretty accurate analysis : — 



Table of Scotch Shootings. 



Set to tenants, with rental recorded , 

 Set to tenants, rentals not recorded . 



Set to tenants at under £30 



Shootings retained by the proprietor? 



Number of 

 Shootinf'-s. 



1,450 



698 



1,000* 



1,129 



Rental. 



£492,500 

 2S7,300t 

 20,300 

 Not estimated. 



* Estimated by me. 



t Calculated at same average as the recorded rentals, say £340. 



In their proprietor.^' occupation are 1,129 shootings — say they, on an 

 average, are of the same extent as are those let to tenants, consequentlj'- 

 they require the sam3 outlay. If I were to charge these with rent at 

 same rate the amount would exceed £384,000, and they would not be 

 parted with for half a million. 



Unlike Irish shootings small shootings in Scotland do not, as a rule, 

 require keepers or watchers— the shepherds do all that is needful. 

 Upon extensive deer-forests several men have to be permanently 

 employed for various duties, particularly to feed the deer in hard 

 weather ; likewise on large moors men must be kept to kill vermin, 

 attend the dogs, prevent poaching, etc., etc. Leaving out the 1,000 

 small shootings and taking the larger, one with the other, we may 

 allocate to each one keeper and two assistants, with wages respectively 



