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WITH XATFUK AND A CAMHIiA. 



tlioir limchcfm, and declare tliut sooner than miss 

 tlie fun tliev would rather pay to be allowed to go 

 driving' " Moorcocks.'' 



Tlu' illustration opposite shows a Grouse's nest 

 in a bed of rushes— a situation in which I have 

 never seen or heard of one before. It was fouiul 

 bv niv brother in Westmorland last year. Grouse 

 sit very closeh' upon tlieir nests. I once knew a 



YOUNG GROUSE 



clumsy shephei'd tread upon one, and the poor 

 bird left all her tail feathers finnly pinned betwixt 

 the edi^'C of her nest and his ii"on-])lated l)oot toe. 



A good gamekeep(>r having a Grouse moor under 

 his charge tak(>s pains to bc^ on the best of terms 

 witli shepherds, as a clutch of eggs is easily trodden 

 on by accident or otlierwise, and i\\v driving of a 

 tiock of slicep at a brisk pace across a few aci'cs 

 of healher in Mnv is likely to ])r<)duce a good deal 

 of disa])poiiiliiieii1 in August. Shepherds' dogs, too, 

 often need careful watchin;^-, as the\' will occasionallx 



