FROM SPRING TO FALL. 



men who have taken grouse-shootings. In past 

 times the red-grouse did not contribute in any way 

 to the welfare of the inhabitants of sparsely peopled 

 regions. Now he is a benefit to all who are in any 

 way concerned, from the railway company down to 

 keepers and gillies. There is a saying that grouse- 

 shooting is sport for princes, and there is not the 

 least doubt as to the costliness not only of grouse- 

 shooting but of renting the grouse-moors. 



The natural enemies of this bird are fairly 

 numerous. The fox, marten-cat, eagle, peregrine, 

 and harrier all wait on him, when chance offers ; and 

 last of his foes, but not the least deadly, the vipers, 

 which swarm on some moors, kill and eat the young 

 chicks. But in spite of the army of grouse-shooters 

 and of his many other enemies, and of the dreaded 

 grouse-disease, the fine bird survives in great num- 

 bers and multiplies exceedingly. 



. There is no need to enter into the various methods 

 of grouse-shooting, whether over dogs, driving, cart- 

 ing, or kite-flying. All these methods have been 

 described with minute details by those who have 

 followed the sport. It is to be hoped that the red- 

 grouse will never from any cause diminish in numbers 



