Not since before the war has there been such a rush to the Highlands for the ''twelfth. Indeed it constitutes a record. The trains from London to rhe North were run in seven portions, an® the vast majority of the travellers were sportsmen bound for places beyond the Highland line. The demand for grouse moors has been unexampled for years, in spite of the fact that the prospects are not particularly rosy. Those best able to judge, however, think that the number of birds will be little if at all below the average. As a fashion season it is already a pronounced success. hose who cannot afford to rent moor in the Highlands have one consoling reflexion. It is calculated that the cost of rearing and preserving the grouse works out at £1 per-bird shor. Up goes guinea, bang goes a penny, and down comes half-a-crown."
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.