274 THE GROUSE 



Thirty years later Colonel Campbell of 

 Monzie's days of 184J, 191, and 222^ brace 

 over dogs, bear witness to no diminution 

 in their numbers. 



Then came the famous year of 1872. 

 In that season enormous numbers of 

 grouse were killed on highlands, of which 

 some estimate may be formed when we 

 note that 7000 birds were killed on 

 Dalnadamph by driving, 10,600 at Glen- 

 buchat over dogs, while individual days 

 produced totals such as 220 brace to one 

 gun at Grandtully, and 327 brace to three 

 guns, shooting separately, on Glenquoich. 

 A decade of regular driving had, by 

 then, brought the Yorkshire moors to 

 their best, and there even more surprising 

 results could be shown. 



On no less than five Yorkshire moors, 

 in that season, there were killed over 1000 

 brace in a day ; while at Wemmergill and 

 High Force the season's total reached 

 17,074 and 15,484 birds respectively, the 

 latter figure representing the products of 

 nineteen days' driving. 



