WILD SPORTS OF THE HIGHLANDS 



the river runs, as I saw this bird very frequently either sit- 

 ting on some projecting angle of stone or hovering high 

 above me. 



The country here appears as good for grouse, as the 

 hills near the sources would be for red-deer, were they free 

 from sheep. I do not knowa district in Scotland that would 

 make a better deer-forest than that immediately round and 

 to the westward of Coignafern, where the Monadh-liath 

 mountains afford every variety of ground suited to these 

 animals, with most excellent feeding for them along the 

 burns and strathswhichintersect the high groundsin every 

 direction, and the most perfect solitude. It is almost a pity 

 that the Mac Intosh does not turn this district into a forest. 



