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for the somewhat desolate-looking surroundings of 

 the mainland. 



THE BLACK MOUNT BY TYNDRUM. 



This magnificent and ancient forest, the property of 

 the Marquis of Breadalbane, extends to some 80,000 

 acres, the eastern and southern boundaries being 

 entirely under sheep ; on the west and north-west the 

 property marches with the forests of Dalness, Etive, 

 and the waters of Loch Etive ; on the north it runs 

 for a long distance with a narrow strip of sheep 

 ground, on the other side of which lie the well- 

 known forests of Mamore, Corrour, with Benevrich 

 and Rannoch, a buffer state which, as the rutting 

 season begins, the stags are incessantly crossing 

 on their travels from one deer ground to the 

 other. 



In these pages I have endeavoured to keep as 

 much as possible to the spelling considered correct in 

 the county containing the deer forest under discussion, 

 and as a simple illustration of the difficulties which 



