146 THE GROUSE 



the strict rules of preservation necessary 

 to the well-being of a moor, would carry 

 his life in his hand. 



In Scotland the range of the grouse 

 extends throughout the country, where- 

 ever the nature of the ground admits of 

 its existence. The district which com- 

 prises the majority of the best moors lies 

 in the centre of Scotland, and consists of 

 the larger counties of Perth and Inver- 

 ness and the smaller adjacent counties. 



To the north the greater part of 

 the counties of Ross and Sutherland is 

 devoted to deer ground, on which grouse 

 in any numbers are regarded as undesir- 

 able intruders. There are a few good 

 moors, too, in these counties lying 

 between the deer forests, and capable of 

 yielding somewhere about a thousand 

 brace in the season. 



Argyle, again, consists mostly of grassy 

 sheep ground and forests, with a few good 

 moors in the Inveraray district, and on its 

 southern extremity, the Mull of Kintyre. 



In the Lowlands, Lanarkshire, Ayr- 



