34 THE GROUSE 



point, has established the fact that neither 

 in respect of mutton nor wool has the 

 clearance of sheep from deer forests had 

 an appreciable effect on the national food- 

 supply. 



If the facts which have been here 

 adduced are impartially considered, the 

 only reasonable conclusion therefrom 

 must be, that it would be a disastrous 

 mistake to adopt means, however in- 

 direct, against the red grouse in Britain, 

 its indigenous home. 



