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where more numerous than in Lapland, where, according to 

 Wheelwright (" The Old Bushman" of the Field), no signs 

 of disease have ever been detected ; and the same remark, I 

 believe, would apply to vast tracts of fell land throughout 

 Norway, where man's disturbing influence has never made 

 itself felt, and where the grouse are left to fight unaided their 

 own battles for existence. 



