16 RED DEER. 



and the stock in the yards from the tre- 

 mendous gales. The land was let to Scotch 

 farmers, who came down from the North 

 to a country almost resembling their own. 

 A mansion like a castle was built in the 

 midst of the wilderness. All these measures 

 were such as would naturally suggest them- 

 selves, but only partially succeeded. 



The farmhouses are now occupied by 

 Scotch shepherds ; if you knock at the 

 door a Scotch face appears, and you are 

 offered a glass of milk, to which you are 

 "varra" welcome. The boundless heather, 

 the deep glens, and the red deer correspond 

 to the Gaelic accent. The tramway is gone, 

 and the track has disappeared for great part 

 of its length under thick heather. Over 

 the walls the deer climb easily, and the 

 unfinished castle is moss-grown. All that 

 remains is the improvement effected in some 

 places by the mixture of lime and by the 



