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The total extent of grouse ground is 

 26,000 acres. I am further indebted to 

 Lord Dunglass for the following notes 

 on the above figures : — 



Driving was first instituted by the 

 keeper Amos about the year 1859. 

 Guns at first used to line burns, peat- 

 hags, etc., till gradually butts were 

 put up. 



In 1866, two days of over 200 brace 

 were recorded ; but in the following 

 years the moor suffered severely from 

 disease. 



Of late years there has been no out- 

 break of real "disease," though large 

 tracts of heather have been destroyed by 



