INDEX 



285 



Highlands, 20, 21 



Hunting — Royal hunts,12, 13 

 by James Y. , James VI., 



Queen .Mary of Scots 



and Queen Elizabeth, 



11-13 

 romance and poesy of 



these, 14, 15 



Mag-pie, 53 

 Management of moors — 



attributes of good keeper, 

 40 



care and burning of 

 heather, 40, 134 



contrast of new with old 

 system, 35 



decomposing matter, 40 



empiricism, 39 



grit, 40 



grouse disease, 41 



intelligent management, 

 39, 111, 135 



invasion of bracken, 41 



movements of sheep, 40 



poaching, 40 



points of modern manage- 

 ment, 39 



shelter belts of trees, 40 



standardisation, 39 



supplementary grouse food, 

 40 



vermin, 40 



water-supply, 40 



wire fences, etc., 40 

 Moor, records of a Welsh, 207 

 Moors, economic value, 19, 

 20, 28 



estimate of total value in 

 Scotland, 30, 33 



insignificant value at first, 

 20 



management of, see Man- 

 agement 



Moors, mode of reaching 

 sixty years ago, 36 



mode of reaching now, 

 36, 37 



modern rents, 23 



records of Douglas Castle, 

 269 



records of the Earl of Dal- 

 housie's, 27<», 271 



relief of rates, 33 



rise of rents, 23 



self-managed, 38 



sound heather indispens- 

 able, 44 

 Moorish and mountainous 

 land in Scotland, 83 



profitable use of, 84 

 Muir burning, 58, 86-89 



Otter, 52 



Overstocking, 118, 119 

 Owls, 53 



Picking up, 193 



Poaching and poachers, 55, 



56 

 Poisonous substances, 58 

 Polecat, 53 



Predatory animals, 119 

 Ptarmigan, driving, 266-268 



habitat of, 262 



methods of shooting, 263 



Rat, 53 



Rates and taxes, relief of, 33 

 Ravens, 53 



Records, doubtful value of 

 mere, 262 



in Highlands, 264 



in Yorkshire, 264 

 Rooks, 53 



St. John, Charles, 53 

 Salmon fishings, 32 



