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THE COMPLETE SHOT 



precisely what it is now in those deer forests where they desire to 

 exterminate the grouse, and do it by leaving them entirely alone. 



In 1849 there was driving in Yorkshire; for in that year, on 

 Sir Spencer Stanhope's moor, Durnford Bridge, there were 

 448 grouse killed in one day. 



The following bags will show what happened in Yorkshire at a 

 glance, but nothing of this sort of rapid increase, as a consequence 

 of driving the birds, will be found as applying to Scotland : 



GROUSE KILLED ON BLUBBERHOUSES MOOR 2200 ACRES 



(About 1862 a little driving began] 



Year. 



1865 

 1866 

 1870 

 1871 

 1872 



1873 

 1874 



1875 

 1876 

 1877 

 1878 

 1879 

 1880 

 1881 

 1882 

 1883 



1885 

 1886 

 1887 

 1888 



