The Dead shot; or, Sportman's complete guide; . sewho possess them, there are many moors in Scot-land where grouse are as abundant in the month ofAugust, as partridges on a well-preserved manor inEngland in the month of September. It is matterof regret, however, that there are too in Scotland,many hundreds of acres of heather where thefamiliar note of the grouse is seldom heard, andwhere the weary sportsman may toil in vain forsport; for alas! the moor is nearly barren of theattractive objects of his search. The poachers haveso many devices for taking grouse, and cheap gunsare so readily obtai
The Dead shot; or, Sportman's complete guide; . sewho possess them, there are many moors in Scot-land where grouse are as abundant in the month ofAugust, as partridges on a well-preserved manor inEngland in the month of September. It is matterof regret, however, that there are too in Scotland,many hundreds of acres of heather where thefamiliar note of the grouse is seldom heard, andwhere the weary sportsman may toil in vain forsport; for alas! the moor is nearly barren of theattractive objects of his search. The poachers haveso many devices for taking grouse, and cheap gunsare so readily obtainable, that where there are novigilant game-keepers, the poachers skim the moorand take the cream of the sport before the Englishsportsman arrives. There are many circumstances that are calculatedto inspire a greater love for grouse-shooting, inthe breasts of some sportsmen, than for either ofthe sister sports of partridge and pheasant the first place it is the earliest sport of theseason with dog and gun, and affords an oppor- r~\. ON THE MOOR GROUSE-SHOOTING. 191 tunity, during a sultry time of the year, of enjoyingamidst lovely scenery the cooling breezes of theHighlands and the fresh mountain air. Grouse-shooting, when good, is unquestionablyfine sport and fine exercise. It is essential, how-ever, that he who pursues it energetically should benot only a skilful shot and keen marksman, but alsoan abstemious man so far as alcoholic drinks areconcerned. There is always more or less of hill-climbing inthe sport, which to the vigorous is but joyousexercise, but to others very laborious work ; andthe more zealously the sport is pursued, the greaterare the courage and self-denial that are requisitein order to enable the sportsman to enjoy itspleasures and endure without inconvenience thefatigue which assuredly belongs to mountainclimbing. Then there is the bright and cheering prospect ofsport in pure air, amidst varied, beautiful and exten-sive mountain scenery; air th
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