27 AUGUST 1853, Page 7

THE 3.1001t4.-All accounts from the Highlands concur . in describing the

grouse-shootings as the best for many years past. The birds are numerous and strong, and most excellent sport is being enjoyed. Many parties have gone North within the past week to their shooting-quarters. The weather upon the hills has been splendid, though a little showery. Ptarmigans, the hardiest of the feathered race among the Grampians, abound, and will afford fine sport in our high mountains to those who do not hesitate to ascend elevations of three thousand feet or more above the sea-level ; for the ptar- migan is but seldom met with upon hills of less altitude.—Scotch Papers.