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In Wales the grouse have, under 

 careful and scientific management, in- 

 creased amazingly of recent years. The 

 best of the Welsh moors are comprised 

 within the limits of the five counties — 

 Denbigh, Flint, Carnarvon, Montgomery, 

 and West Merioneth. 



Of Ireland, perhaps the less said the 

 better, though the latest book on grouse- 

 shooting strongly urges the would-be 

 tenant of a shooting to fight shy of the 

 high figures asked for moors in Scotland, 

 and devote " his attention to the vast 

 extent of land in the Emerald Isle that 

 could be turned into game preserves at 

 almost nominal rentals." It is to be 

 feared the experiment would not be 

 repeated, for, although there are in 

 Ireland stretches of heather and moor- 

 land, especially in the south and the 

 west, which are potentially as good 

 grouse ground as any in Scotland, they 

 are practically useless, for poaching is 

 almost universal, and the gamekeeper 



who tried to apply, in an Irish county, 



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