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not distant more than forty yards. Unluckily we had no 

 guns, and I suspect that he would not have allowed 

 us to approach so near to him had we been armed. 



A brace of capercailzie may be considered a capital 

 day's sport, and a tolerably heavy weight to carry for 

 six or seven hours. 



Pennant, in his " Tour in Scotland," says that " in the 

 Chisholm's district, that rare bird the cock of the wood 

 is still to be met with, probably in those near Castle 

 Grant; " and he speaks of one, a male, which he had seen, 

 which was killed in Mr. Chisholm's wood north of 

 Inverness was the last bird of this kind found there, 

 and of the nest being placed in a Scotch pine. This 

 must be a mistake, as naturalists all agree that this bird 

 makes her nest on the ground. The capercailzie was 

 formerly found in Ireland, but is now extinct there. 



