T H E D E E R FO RE STS SCOT LAN D IMB LE A . Q R A UT H OR OF " " D E E R A I N H H ST L K G, S OOT I N G A N D S AL M ON F I S I N G “ ” A N D H I GH L A N D S PORT I L L U S T R A T E D LONDON K E T R U B N E R CO . GAN PA U L , T RE N C H , L IM I TE D P ATE RN OSTE R H OUS E , CH AR IN G CR OS S R OAD , WC . 1 896 LIST O F CONTENTS . P R E F ACE — H I . E D E E H C A PT E R A B R NS I R E . L R L B A L L OCH B UIE AN D A BE R GE L D I E BA MO A , G L E N M U I CK A N D B ACH N A GAI RN GL E N TAN A I N VE R CA UL D M A R H - Y H E . C A PT E R I I . A RG LLS I R A R DTOR N I S H B L ACK M OUN T CON AGL E N DAL N E S S GL E N E TIVE KI N GAI R L OCH AN D G L E N S A N D A JU R A AN C E S L E OF M L L LAGG , LO HBUI , I U v iii L I T E TS S O F CON T N . — P AGE H . F F H E C A PTE R I I I BA N S I R . G L E NF I DD ICH G L E N AVON H E I V H . U C A PT R B T ES I RE . I S L E OF A R R AN V - H E . H H E C A PT R CA I T N ESS S I R . LAN GWE L L AN D BR AE MORE H V I —F O F H C A PT E R . R A RS I RE . CAE N L OCH AN G L E N CA L L E Y I N VE R MA R K V - H E I I . V E H C A PT R I N RN ESS S I RE . ABE RN E T HY A CH N A CA R R Y A F F AR I C . A M H U I N S UI D H AN D A R DVOU RL I E R DVE R E A IKI . A R ISAIG A R N ISDAL E A N D LOCH H OURN L S T ix I O F CON TEN TS . BAL MACAAN B E N L D E R A . B OB L AI N E B RA UL E N CAE N N OCROC RT , NO H COI GN AF E AR N COR R I E CH OI L L I E COR R OUR WIT H B E N E V R I CH CUCH UL L I N S L E OF E , I SKY CUL ACH Y D UN D R E GGAN AN D SOUT H CAE N N OCR OC E RCH L E S S FAR L E Y FAS N AKYL E GA I CK GL E N CAN N I CH G L E N D OE G L E N F E S H I E GL E N GAR R Y GL E N MO R E GL E N Q UOI CH L I S T O F CONTE NTS. G UI S A CH AN I N CH N ACA R D OCH A N D POR TCL AI R I N VE R E S H I E I N VE R MOR IST ON KI N VE A CH Y KN OYD ART M CD N L D OR C N S E R S L E OF E A O A S O , I SKY M AMORE OR KIN L OCHMOR E BJ OR AR R OT H I E M UR CUS S TR UY H H H E V . C A PT R I I I . P E RT S I R E AT HOL L CRA GAN OU R D A L N A CA R D OCH A N D S T R ON P H AD R I CK . F E AL A R G L E N ARTN E Y G L E N B R UA R RAN N OCH T UL L AD H -A - B E ITHE ST T TS xi L I O F CON E N . P A GE — - C H A PT E R I X . ROSS S H I R E . C N L T S T RAT H B RA N AN D C S E A HA A , LO H RO Q U A CH N AS H E L L ACH A L L AD AL E L N E T R N A A I , S O OW Y AMAT APPL E CR OS S A TTADAL E OR B E N D R ON AI G B E N D AM P H A ND N E W KE L so B E N MOR E B E N WYVI S . B RAE MO R E CL UN IE CORR I E H AL L Z I E COR RI E M UL L Z IE COUL I N D E AN I CH D I B I E D AL E D RUM R UN I E OR COUL MOR E xii L I S T O F CONTE NTS. DUN D ON N E L L F AN N I CH F L OWE R D AL E G L E N CA L VI E . G L E N CA R RON G L E N S H I E L D AI G IN CH BAE , S TR ATH R AN N OCH AN D T OL M UI CK I NV E R L AE L A N D G L E N BE G KI L D E R M OR I E KIN L OCHE WE KI N L OCH -L UI CH AR T LE CKME L M E TTE R E E F IS H E RF I E L D AN D L W , A RD L A I R M ONAR ATT K L L L N R I OCH AN A P , I I A , N D G L OM ACII R H I D OR RACH S CATWE L L SHIE L D AIG S TRATH CON AN T ORRID ON L S T NTE NTS I OF CO . P A G E —~ H X U H . C A PT E R . S T E R LA N D B E N H E E AN D CO R R Y KIN L O CH L E N D H U L E N L A N D B E N T R E G , G COU S OM GOBE RN UIS GACH KIN L OCH G L E N CAN I S P U F F AT LIST O F ILLUSTRATIO NS . S CAV E N G E R S OF T H E FO R E S T to face p ag e A JU R A C R OMI E G A I CK F O R E ST LO D G E G L E N Q U OI CH LO D G E ' M R D H R R R E E - H R N . BA Y S TH O B R AE MO R E CAL F AT TACK E D B Y E AG L E L OCH M OR E LO D G E P R E F A C E . “ T H E kind reception given to my book of Deer ” 1 8 8 8 r a stalking , in , by dee st lkers as a body, coupled with the fact that sportsmen in ge ne ral passed a favourable verdict on “ Shooting and 1 8 2 o n Salmon Fishing in 9 , and H ighland Sport 1 8 e in 94 , has induced me once mor to put pen to paper on a subject for which I think there is still I room in the literature of sport, for, as far as am o r aware , no one has hitherto attempted to describe relate the anecdotes and statistics o f the Scotch Deer Forests . Before , however, proceeding further with s a these pages , I wish to y , as I have previously said in each of my other books, that I wholly disclaim any pretension to literary merit . I write as a sportsman for sportsmen , resting my hopes of success not at all xviii P R E FA CE . on neatly turned ear- pleasing phrases (would that o n the gift were mine) , but solely the ability to state in pl ain simple words a number of facts and fancies collected together o n a subject in which I - know many brother sportsmen are greatly interested . ” o f I n Deerstalking I tried , to the best my power, to describe the habits and wily ways of the wild and Red Deer of Scotland, how best to circumvent them ; for these reasons in that book I wrote entirely of stag and stalker , saying but little that gave of any idea the wilds, the morasses , and wastes of moorland and mountain , over which the red deer range in unmolested freedom for ten months of “ every year.