The Sun.
London, England, 1858-08-19 00:00:00

THE MOORS.

WEST OF Sc ,OTLAND,—The grouse on the moors In this
neighbourhood . continue wild, and quick and sure shooting
and constant exertion are neeeFsary to make a good bag.
Although the birds har e not sat well in consequence of un-
settied weatht 127, pretty good sport has been obtained espe-
cially on Friday and Saturday. On the Greenock moor Mr.
D. F. Dempster And Mr. Turner begged on the 12th 16
brace, and on the Inth 301 brace and 1 hare. On Monday
Mr. Dempster beg _ea 231 brace in five hours. Mr. J. Reid,
of Port-Glasgow, bagged on the 12th on the Dowries and
Garvoch moors 20, brace ; on the 13th 41 brace and 4 hares ;
and on the 14th, fter twelve o'clock, 241 brace. On Newark
moor Mr. M. Bro v in bagged on the 12th 121 brace ; on the
13th 15 brace, and . on the 14th 201 brace. On Skelmorlie
three guns bagged, 41 brace on the 12th. The unfavourable
state of the ground,, caused by the heavy rain of Wednesday
night, prevented r a:ty sportsmen going out next day on the
Cowal moors, new r Dr:noon and Holy Loch, On Saturday
the lona had on b oard. a small numbzr cf boxes from Argyle-
shire. The diseae bas appeared among the grouse this sea-
son
m,and is very p ae•valent in some localities. In this neigh-
tade little progress.—Greenock Advertiser.
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ESTMORELAND.—FuII reports of
the doings on tl ie 1. 2th have not yet come to hand, but from
all we hear, spirtsor en Kern to have no reason to complain
either of the quanta.
,v or the quality of the game. Several
excellent bags were made up in the course of the opening
day. On the moor: ,at Cairn Syke (about nine miles from
Gilsland) Mr. Ma 713ha11, jun., we are informed, brought
down 35 brace. On 'an adjacent preserve we heard of a still
larger number beis g bagged, and instances of 20 and 25
brace being broueh c down are mentioned among the achieve-
ments on other of our East Cumberland moors. The day
was very fine early in the morning, but towards the after
part of the day som e pretty heavy thunder-showers fell, which
no doubt interfere( /to some extent with the sport. Grouse are
reported to be heal,Thy, and young bir's very strong on tie
wing. Perhaps tl it.v have scarcely yet recovered toe deci-
mating effects of the disease which has been so prevalent for
the last few year s, and the numbers are even conside-ed
inferior to last : year ;* but there is every appeatance of a
change for the t tatter having taken place, and sportsmen
rejoice at the fact that at all events the game is in a
healthy conditT am. The accounts received from the moors
in the East W a.rd of Westmoreland are on the whole very
good. The bl ds are said to be plentiful, strong, and plump
—just in that , condition, in fact, the sportsman likes to find
them in. lan Damn Fall, Sir Richard Tufton's manor,
Admiral E' Jou-, Mr. Bennet, Mr. Tod, and Captain Mus-
grave, wit ,hout much exertion, bagged nearly 100 brace on
the first ' caves days. Mr. John Pearson, of Coupland Beck,
shot 12 I' trace in Harbour Flat Grounds; and other gentle-
men hat't in general satisfactory bags.—Carlisle Journal.
INVJAMNESS-SHIRE.—The accounts received from the

moor, beflre the 12th August threw open to the grouse-
shooter his healthful and exciting sport were as con-
traoic tory as any which ever heralded an " event" upon the
turf, and the reports which have been received here of
doir ;s on the 12th do not fully solve the question whether
the 1 wesent is to be a good season or not. The reports re-
cei• ie d are few in number—not a very favourable sign—and,
a 1- gorse sign still, the game-salesmen in town have received
ye ry few birds, not nearly the number usually consigned to
th 3m by this date. On the other hand, most of those gentle-
n who have been pleased to tell their luck have made
got d bags. The general statements made by men who have
bee n " out" also vary; some despairing and complaining,
ss ntewhat unreasonably, of being taken in, while others have
h ail the good fortune to meet with abundance of birds. On
all hands -it is agreed that the grouse are strong and
healthy, and the grouse disease does not seem to have
a fleeted their numbers. In all probability it will turn out
that the sport this season will be somewhat, but not very
ma terially, better than it was last year. On the 12th, J. B.
Willie, Esq., shot 10 brace at Gask ; F. Palmer, Esq., shot
14 brace at Lochletter ; at Moybeg, W. Norris, Esq., and
Norri?, E-q., together, shot 46 brace '• -- Campbell,
Exi., at Dunern, shot 321 brace ; F. L. Bodenham, Esq., at
N nide, shot 37 brace; General Cracklow, at Culduthel, shot
13 brace, with 4 snipes; at Errogie, W. H. Martin, Esq.,
and -- Mills, Esq., shot 151 brace; Sir Francis Sykes, at
Strathmanhie, shot 15 brace ; Colonel Fraser, at Coutray,
killed 8 brace ; E. Barnard, Esq., M.P., and L. Whitbread,
Esq., M.P., shot 25 brace at Largs. On the 13th Colonel
Fraser shot 8 brace at Cantray ; and on the same day W.
'Norris, Esq., and N. Norris, Esq., at Moybeg, killed 521
brace.—lnverness Aclvertiser.

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