Summary.
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Summary.
Twenty-four years of Glenmarkie and Dalnawillan leases have resulted in nine splendid seasons; five middling ditto; one very middling; and nine with practically no shooting.
On Dalnawillan and Rumsdale moors, the number of grouse killed by sportsmen were as follows:—
Dalnawillan. Brace. Rumsdale. Brace. Total. Brace.
1872 1098 —— 1098
1873 151 —— 151
1874 —— —— ——
1875 38½ —— 38½
1876 112 100 212
1877 426½ 300 726½
1878 627½ 480 1107½
1879 1338 900 2238
1880 1473 1600 3073
1881 822 900 1722
1882 186 370 556
1883 53 —— 53
1884 300 170½ 470½
1885 635½ 439 1074½
1886 1211½ 673 1884½
1887 1223 561 1784
1888 816½ 500½ 1317
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10,512 6,994 17,506
Yearly average 618½ 411½ 1,030
In addition, in the seasons of 1879, '80, '81, '86 and '87, a considerable number of grouse were killed in the winter months by the keeper.
