84 EEMINISCEXCES OF A SPOKTSMA]S'. 



CHAP. VII. 



GKOUSE SHOOTING. — DISEASE IN GEOTJSE. — MAN OE KOSS. 

 CARMAKTHENSHIKE SHOOTING. 



It's up Glenbarchan's braes I gaed, 

 And o'er the bent of Killiebraid, 

 And mony a weary cast I made 

 To euittle the moor-fowl's tail." 



Sportsmen look forward with infinite pleasure to the 

 12th of August, when, satiated with the gaieties of 

 London, they once more breathe the pure air, and 

 hasten to the moors and mountains to enjoy grouse 

 shooting in Scotland and the northern counties of 

 England. The late Duke of Eutland had some very 

 good shooting on his moors in Derbyshire, which were 

 strictly preserved, and the most southerly county in 

 which grouse are found. 



The species of grouse which I am now going to de- 

 scribe, known as red grouse, I have never found in other 

 parts of Europe where I have shot, and from every 

 inquiry I have made respecting the red grouse, I en- 

 tertain the opinion that this species is only found in the 

 United Kingdom. I have also the authority of the 



