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if we leave out the individual experiments undertaken by 

 moorland keepers, who appear to be somewhat reticent in 

 making known the results of their trials. I should be 

 pleased to give any further information which may be 

 necessary, or to help with any further advice on the sub- 

 ject of this chapter. All letters should be addressed to 

 the Publisher, Mr. L. Upcott Gill, Bazaar Buildings, 

 Drury Lane, London, W.C., and marked ' Grouse.' ' 



With reference to the foregoing valuable contribution 

 to our knowledge of the subject of grouse-rearing by 

 hand, I should like to point out to the reader that 

 Mr. Nicholson's experiments make it clear that there would 

 be no great difficulty in causing grouse to mate and lay 

 freely in captivity under much the same conditions as 

 prove easily successful with pheasants. Furthermore, the 

 fact that all the eggs secured were hatched out, and the 

 chicks reared to full maturity, serves to warrant the 

 opinion that under the conditions described far greater 

 success should attend the hand-rearing of Red Grouse than 

 has hitherto proved to be the case. 



