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"Yes, I have," I answered. 



"Now, promise rae you'll not tell a soul," he 

 said, "for if ye do, I shall nivver git that ground 

 again." 



I did not at the time, divulge, but he never 

 got the ground again. 



The year 1872, as is well known, was the 

 record year for grouse. I myself shot 3,017; or 

 1,508|^ brace tlxat season ; but I find, from records 

 now before me that Earl de Grey exceeded 3,000 

 grouse in four different seasons, viz : — • 



3,025 in 1882. 3,060 in 1888. 



3,073 in 1884. 3,081 in 1889. 



I asked Jack if he knew how many snares 

 he had set. "I don't quite know," he said, "but 

 our Jack" (meaning his son) "told me we had 

 14,000 down by the 15th or 16th of August, and 

 that he had been busy for quite ten days before 

 the 12th." 



Snares are, or should be, mostly set on nice 

 feeding groimd, with young short heather, pre- 

 ferably on high ground, where there are lots of 



