bird if it had fallen on a neighbour's manor, and would on no
account look for a wounded bird, but for a dead one only. In the second
place he would carefully observe the rule of leaving his gun on his own
side of the boundary, and would certainly not carry it with him to his
neighbour's land. Those are points that strangers invited for a few
days' shooting very often fall foul of, creating thereby much
unpleasantness for their host through their ignorance and inexperience.

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=When a gentleman is invited to join= a shooting-party, it would not be
necessary for him to take a loader with him, as his host would find a
man to perform that office for him, unless he had a servant with him
capable of performing that duty; but if he were residing in the
neighbourhood he would, as a matter of course, take his loader with him
when asked to join a shooting-party, and in both cases he would shoot
with two guns; as to shoot with one gun only causes a vexatious delay.

A frequent cause of offence to sportsmen is for a gentleman to be noisy
when out shooting, that is to say, to be "loudly talkative," or
"boisterously merry," or given to indulge in exclamations when a bird
rises, or when a bird is missed; your true sportsman maintains a strict
silence.

There are numberless other points relating to field sports wherein the
"inexperienced sportsman" is apt to give offence, but which would take
up too much space to enter into in a work of this description.

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=The Fees, or Tips to the Gamekeepers=, vary from 10s. to L5,
according to the number of days' shooting enjoyed or the extent of the
bag.

For one day's partridge-shooting the tip to the head gamekeeper would be
a sovereign; for a good day's pheasant-shooting, as much as two
sovereigns would probably be given. A gentleman who does not tip or fee
up to this mark is not likely to find himself too well placed in a
battue.

The cost of a game licence is L3, and lasts twelve months, from 1st
August to the 31st of July the following year, or L2 from the 1st of
August to the 31st of October, or L2 from the 1st of November to the
31st of July in the following year, or L1 for fourteen days.

CHAPTER XXXVII

SHAKING HANDS

The etiquette with regard to shaking hands is not an open question, it
is distinct enough and simple enough for all exigencies, but yet there
is individual temperament to