50 THE GROUSE DISEASE chap, v 



suggestion, the carrying out of which, from what I 

 know of moor-owners, would meet with great diffi- 

 culties ; difficulties not on the part of scientific men, 

 who, I am sure, would be willing to undertake such 

 work, but on the part of the grouse-owners them- 

 selves, who, with some notable exceptions, would 

 probably be unwilling to consent to such experiments 

 unless immediate success could be guaranteed. 



