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borne no fruit. From The Field, however, the writer 

 notices that Dr. A. E. Shipley has made some interest- 

 ing discoveries regarding the external and internal 

 parasites of the grouse. (See chapter on Diseases of 

 Game.) 



The article on Dogs by the late Dr. Charles Reid 

 remains the same. I cannot improve it, and since the 

 last edition was written this gentle and charming com- 

 panion has gone to the great Unknown Land. No one 

 who knew him in his football days, with his big, burly 

 figure, would have thought that he would be taken so 

 soon. He was one of the most gentle and lovable of 

 men. 



The Scottish Retriever Trials Association is 

 worthy of more support than it receives, and although 

 good retrievers are more numerous than they were, 

 they are still too scarce. Sir Mitchell Thomson as 

 President of this Society has done much to stimulate 

 keepers giving more attention to this indispensable 

 dog. 



Forestry is attracting more attention in Scotland, 

 and an Association of Proprietors has been formed to 

 engage an expert who will advise the foresters of those 

 proprietors who are members of the Association. The 

 Association supplies a want, and we are indebted to 

 the Laird of Largie for its inception. While we in this 

 country are behind the Germans in Planting, Sylvi- 

 culture, and Forestry, it is questionable, owing to the 

 long wait for returns, whether planting in quantity will 



