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CHAPTEE Xn. 



THE GROUSE. 



The red grouse is about tlie best game bird 

 in the whole world, and deserves all the care 

 we can bestow upon him. No agriculturist, 

 however opposed to game generally, has ever 

 pretended that the grouse does him any injmy, 

 while his presence on our hills adds to the 

 amusement or to the income of our land- 

 owners in a quite extraordinary manner. A 

 proprietor may calculate on receiving about 

 11. a brace for all the grouse his land will 

 produce, if they are only found in sufficient 

 numbers to make it worth while to pursue 

 them at all ; but this makes all the difference. 



There are always gentlemen to be found 

 willing to pay 100/. for a month's run in our 



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