| Bag. | Dalnawillan. | Rumsdale. |
|---|---|---|
| Grouse | 426½ brace. | 300 brace. |
| Sundries | 85½ " | —— |
Season 1878.
This was to be really good shooting for two guns.
My son Oliver was to be home from New York for a holiday, and I reserved the shooting for him and myself, and very pleasant shooting we had. We shot together—
| Bag. | Dalnawillan. | Rumsdale. |
|---|---|---|
| Grouse | 627½ brace. | 480 brace. |
| Sundries | 64½ " | —— |
Season 1879.
This was the eighth year that I had paid rental for this moor, and this was the second year out of the eight that it would afford shooting for more than two guns.
I had a very fine stock of birds upon the ground. I had nursed the stock judiciously. I had not shot it down when recovering from disease, and at last the moor was full of birds, and for the next two or three years, until the scourge paid its next visit, we might shoot and hammer away at the birds, without detriment. Nothing that we could do in the way of shooting could possibly reduce the breeding stock below what it should be, until disease again reduced it.