4 THE DEER FORESTS OF SCOTLAND. 



forest in plenty, often nesting in the giant firs, 

 which they seem to prefer to the precipitous cliffs 

 usually chosen by them. During the last decade 

 pole-cats have been sometimes killed, but they now 

 appear to be extinct ; badgers are still to be found ; 

 while foxes, as in most other forests, are inconveniently 

 plentiful and difficult to keep down. To compare the 

 sport of one forest with that of another is not my 

 province, but with regard to the deer grounds of 

 the county under discussion, I think I may safely 

 assert that in respect of climatic conditions they rank 

 before all others, and that on the summits of the 

 Aberdeenshire hills less rain is to be encountered, 

 and more bracing, finer, health-giving air is to be 

 met with than can be found anywhere else in all 

 Scotland. 



FOREST OF GLENMUICK AND BACHNAGAIRN. 



Glen-na-muig, " The Stormy Glen," or according to 

 some Gaelic scholars "The Glen of the Pig" — i.e. the 

 ancient word for the wild boar — belongs to Sir Allan 



