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THE GROUSE 



It is through the courtesy of Lord 

 Dunglass that I am able to give the 

 statistics of the Earl of Home's moors at 

 Douglas Castle in Lanarkshire, which 

 are of singular interest, since they show 

 the progress of a moor which has been 

 regularly driven for half a century. 

 If the figures of these fifty years be 

 divided into two equal periods, it will be 

 seen that while isolated seasons yield high 

 totals during the first half, it is not till 

 the second period that a high average is 

 reached and maintained. 



