34 DEER-DEIVING IN MULL. 



the faithless " Lord of the Isles' " hunting-ground, 

 rising between. The Scalastal range on " the 

 Sound " contained two large woods. One of 

 them, however, called Garmony, had been 

 lately cut, and was next to useless. But the 

 Scalastal wood, when the wind was in the right 

 direction, generally harboured some old deer. 

 To keep all quiet, I also rented Scalastal farm 

 and farm-house, turning my shepherds into game- 

 preservers, and training their sheep-dogs to run 

 the deer. 



Glenforsa, the other shooting quarter, was situ- 

 ated on the opposite side of the island. In ad- 

 dition to some smaller patches, there were the fine 

 hillside coverts of Garrochree and Torlochan the 

 former as wild a jungle as even this rugged island 

 could grow. When either of these shootings was 

 driven, especially if the deer were much frightened 

 and the wind favourable, they were apt to cross 

 Bentalla to the other. So, after a hunt at Scalastal, 

 we were not unlikely to find the same deer next 

 day at Glenforsa, and vice versa. 

 - Like many tenants of deer, we were limited on 

 both shootings. Three harts and two hinds was 



