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  • His island stocks are larger + more tractable than the mainland animals + so far he has had little success mating the two strains while all the island strains seem to mate without trouble. He has 105 litters so far in 3 years. Stevens has quite a surplus of certain mammal skulls + will be pleased to exchange with me. Garry [Cowan] slept 14 hours last night + stayed in bed today but his cold seems almost gone. Aug [August] 23/52 [1952]Went to meet Daniel + Molly [Mackenzie] at Almondfork Daniel [Mackenzie] + [illegible word crossed out] Bryan [Brian Mackenzie] met us at Perth + drove us to the house. The day started out with broken cloud but unfortunately clouded in so that once again my attempts at photography were frustrated. After lunch we drove up Glen Almond, across the high moorland + had our tea by the side of Loch Macreigh [?]. A beautiful bit of moorland with a dense grouse population. Saw my first red grouse here. Active moor management for grouse was in force here + burned areas of various ages were much in evidence. I took several photos to illustrate the type interspersion. Took them at 1/50 f [f-stop] 5.6 + color at 1/525 f [f-stop] 4. The photos I took at Tynron are only fair. The
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