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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