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of disease, and this without resort to outside 

 aid or scientific advice. There is reason to 

 hope, with a clearly defined objective and a 

 more general realisation on the part of moor 

 owners not only of the immediate cause of grouse 

 disease, but also of the contributory conditions 

 leading thereto, that the best methods which 

 obtain at present in moor management will be 

 more widely adopted, and that the suggestions 

 of new lines of experiment which has been put 

 forward in the final Report will be followed up. 



As to the stay of the disease when fully estab- 

 lished in the bird no practical remedial measures 

 can at present be suggested. The apothecary 

 is to the sick bird of no more importance than 

 Seneca. Nothing can be done " pour soulager 

 les entrailles " of the patient. 



