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moderation and sense of proportion in 

 these remarks, or to show that grouse 

 shooting, as commonly practised, leads to 

 a larger circulation of money, so far as 

 employments are concerned, than sheep 

 farming does. But the economic argu- 

 ment regarding interference with food 

 production for the people, however insig- 

 nificant this could be proved to be, will 

 never be easily laid. 



All that need be added is, that 

 successful grouse shooting is not incom- 

 patible with moderate stocks of sheep on 

 the same ground, especially where there 

 exists, as ought always to be, kindly rela- 

 tions and respect between farmer and 

 sportsman and their subordinates. 



The present day sees a growing and 

 almost competitive tendency towards the 

 making of record bags of grouse. This 

 seems to be a result, or at least to be 

 coincident with a great extension of the 

 system of group shooting or driving of 

 grouse in recent years. On leading moors, 

 both in England and Scotland where driv- 



