CHAPTER IV 



THE GROUSE IN RELATION TO HEATHER 

 AND ITS TREATMENT 



No heather, no grouse, seems a truism 

 hardly necessary to be stated. But not 

 every one knows, not every sportsman 

 fully realises, that unless his moor is 

 furnished with heather under the best 

 conditions he cannot have sport of the 

 best quality. So indispensable is good, 

 sound, succulent heather to the welfare of 

 grouse, and so important does the growth 

 and management of heather count among 

 the conditions necessary on an ideal grouse 

 moor, that the subject is thought deserving 

 here of more than a passing or general 

 notice. 



There are several varieties of wild 

 heath, but the variety essential to the 



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