268 OF SHOOTING, 



THE GROUSE, MOOR-GAME, OR 

 MUIR-GAME, 



Are found in some parts of the northern 

 counties of England, and in some parts of 

 Wales, but in neither of the countries are 

 they at this day very numerous. In Scot- 

 land, however, and particularly in the vici- 

 nity of the Grampian mountains, they abound 

 in such sort, that I have seen from thirty to 

 forty brace a day killed for the first fortnight 

 of the season, provided the weather was 

 favourable. An excursion therefore into 

 that country in the grouse season, for three 

 weeks or a month, will afford the sportsman 

 a noble entertainment 



This species of sport is so perfectly similar 

 in all its operations to that of partridge 

 shooting, that it will be unnecessary to say 

 more on the subject, than to subjoin a short 

 description of the bird, and some of its ha- 

 bits. The grouse is larger than the partridge, 



