SURVEY OF GLEN MOR. 7 



profitable crop of trees, including sour, undrainable land and 

 rocky places. 



This aflforestable area of 60,300 acres divides itself naturally 

 into five blocks of unequal size, which are distinguished by 

 capital letters on the map : and they may be further described 

 by the names of the centres round which they are respectively 

 grouped : — 



A Dores. 



B Fort Augustus. 



C Glen Urquhart. 



D Invergarry. 



E Gairlochy. 

 Of these, the Fort Augustus Block has been chosen for the 

 purpose of illustrating the procedure under the Detailed Survey 

 (see Maps Nos. 2 and 3). 



In making this inquiry, every effort has been made to arrive 

 at accurate figures, the services of experts having been obtained 

 for each branch into which it has naturally divided itself. Full 

 use has been made of local experience, and, as far as possible, 

 each decision or recommendation has been referred to men who 

 have actual local knowledge of the soil. 



The extent of the plantable area (see Map No. 2, and Chapter 

 VIII.) has been surveyed by Mr Brown, woods manager to 

 Lady Seafield, and Mr Mackenzie, head forester to Mr Munro 

 Ferguson of Novar, aided by foresters of great local experience,, 

 such as Mr Noble, Mr M'Lean, Mr Coupar, Mr Anderson and 

 others. Problems connected with deer forests have been sub- 

 mitted to Lochiel, Mr Grant of Glen Moriston, Major Fraser 

 Tytler of Aldourie, Mr Baillie of Dochfour and Mr Angelo, 

 and the opinions of experienced deer stalkers have also been 

 obtained. Questions connected with sheep farms have been con- 

 sidered from the points of view of the employment afforded, 

 the present and former rents, etc. ; while the difficult question 

 of grazing values has been calculated both on present rents and 

 on the rents of similarly situated lands in the neighbourhood. 



The rating question, as affecting the County Council Districts 

 and the various parishes concerned, has been discussed with the 

 principal rating authorities, and the technical questions of work- 

 ing-plans, creation of nurseries, timber manufactures, forest 

 roads, thinnings, crops, rotation, planting, fencing, etc., have 

 been submitted to men who have wide experience both of 



