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little i^eat Hags, in whiclL grouse can dust and 

 clean tliemselves, there are also fewer sheep on 

 that kind of ground. A flock of sheep going over 

 the ground plays havoc with the snares. 1 should 

 say, from memory, that Jack would have, on his 

 favourite patches, from ten to twelve snares on a 

 space that an ordinary dinner table would cover, 

 so it will readily be seen how difficult it is for a 

 grouse to walk many steps without getting a 

 noose round its neck. 



A nephew of his, who is still living, told me 

 that they averaged quite a hundred brace a day 

 all through September. He was engaged for over 

 a month to help Jack and his son carry grouse 

 daily from the moor to the house where they 

 stayed. 



Jack agreed to go to London with me on the 

 following terms : — that if I did not get his money^ 

 I would pay his railway fare and expenses. 



We went, and put up at the Tavistock HoteL 

 Next morning I called on the game dealer, repre- 

 senting that I had come up from Yorkshire with 

 Jack to get his money. The man, on referring to 



