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loquialism. At all events the Committee 

 seem wisely to have entered on their quest 

 on that footing, so that we shall have 

 from them for the first time a full, impar- 

 tial, independent, unbiassed, reasoned, and 

 exhaustive presentment of the whole 

 matter as it has been disclosed to them 

 after a long and searching inquiry. The 

 Report will embrace a narrative of the 

 Committee's work with statistics in 

 illustration thereof, and will include 

 departmental reports by the experts on 

 the Commission. Among these will be 

 found (1) Observation upon the normal 

 life - history of the Red Grouse, and 

 observations upon the various causes 

 which tend to upset the normal course of 

 this life - history, producing damage, 

 disease, and death ; (2) The Parasites of 

 Grouse ; (3) The Food of Grouse, and 

 how far insect life enters into this ; (4) 

 The use of and varieties of grits found in 

 the bodies of grouse and other game-birds ; 

 and (5) Conclusions derived from observa- 

 tions over a special experimental area. 



