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the breeding stock on the ground they move to, it will 

 hardly benefit you on the deserted high ground, as 

 few of them, if any, are likely to return. Grouse 

 travel much longer distances than is generally sup- 

 posed, and I am firmly convinced that many a Scotch 

 bird has been killed well on this side of the border. 

 Lord Huntingfield is said to have seen a pack of 

 grouse flying over his place in Norfolk. I have not 

 his lordship's word for it, but have often heard it from 

 friends of his, and certainly his authority would be 

 indisputable, after the many hundreds his unerring 

 aim has accounted for. 1 



Mr. Rimington Wilson, in an admirable letter to 

 the ' Field ' of September 10, 1892, gives four principal 

 points to be attended to in the management of a 

 moor : 



1. Heather burning. 



2. Driving v. shooting in other ways. 



3. Keeping down vermin. 



4. Sheep, &c. 



To these 1 would add : 



5. Watchful protection against poachers. 



6. Feeding &C. in hard weather. 



1 1 have only shot one week with Lord Hunlinglield. His 

 accuracy was marvellous, while never appearing to take a long 

 shot. It was a very pretty lesson, and one which I am proud 

 to have learnt. 



