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In that year the productiveness of 

 moors seems to have touched high-water 

 mark. Since that bumper season the 

 Yorkshire moors have held their own, 

 and show no signs of lowering their 

 high level of production. On the other 

 hand, they have made no farther advance, 

 which still requires explanation, for having 

 improved to such an extent there seemed 

 no limit, save that of food -supply, to 

 further progress. 



In the Highlands this problem presents 

 itself more forcibly, for despite the general 

 spread of driving and the adoption of all 

 the modern methods of preserving, the 

 general stock of birds seems, if anything, 

 to be on the decrease, for moors like those 

 of Moy and Cawdor, where 3000 and 4000 

 brace have been killed in a season, can 

 only be regarded as brilliant exceptions to 

 the general rule. 



It seems there is some limit set to what 

 a moor will produce, a limit not regulated 

 by food - supply alone, and varying to 

 a marked degree in different districts. 



