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in an action for such damage." Loco- 

 motive drivers may, therefore, now run 

 their engines with this alteration of the 

 law in view. 



It is evident that in the burning of 

 numerous small areas of heather, whether 

 in strips or irregularly shaped patches of 

 only a few acres in any one place, greater 

 care must be exercised not only in select- 

 ing these areas from year to year, but 

 in preventing the fires from extending 

 beyond the bounds intended. These 

 numerous isolated patches, which are 

 undoubtedly the best methods of burning 

 heather for the propagation and preserva- 

 tion of grouse, should be, as often as 

 circumstances permit, ranged upon the 

 most sheltered and sunny slopes, where 

 young broods can feed and lie in comfort. 

 It is, therefore, sometimes well that some 

 of these dry slopes should be left unburned 

 longer than the average period, to afford 

 this shelter especially where the contiguous 

 ground is soft and wet. 



Whether heather should be burnt 



