%56 FRANK forester's FIELD SPORTS. 



.Scotia and New Brunswick, and if anywhere he exists in 

 sufficient numTsers to render the pursuit of him exciting as a 

 sport, I have no doubt that the dogs over which to shoot him 

 would be well broke Cocking Spaniels. 



I believe that the flesh of this species is the most highly 

 flavored of all the varieties of Grouse which we possess, though 

 I but once had an opportunity of tasting it. It is said to be 

 very bitter, which I presume to be that spicy, aromatic game 

 flavor which gives the zest to the Grouse above all other birds, 

 in the eyes of the true epicure. 



