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deer, and, as will be seen, the four divisions of the 

 forest differ very much in fertility. In the month of 

 February, 1890, in the Inner district of 7,000 acres, 

 there were counted 426 hinds, 118 calves, together 

 with 150 stags of all sorts, which gives 10 acres to 

 each deer on the best breeding-ground in the forest. 

 On the same date the Scrinadale section of 4,500 

 acres showed 133 hinds, 61 calves, and 96 stags of 

 all sorts, or one deer to 15! acres. On the 7,000 

 acres of Gatehouse there were counted 220 hinds and 

 96 calves, with 194 stags, or 14 acres to each deer, and 

 in addition to this there are usually some fifty good 

 stags from Gatehouse which winter on the sheep- 

 ground of Corrienaheira. In Largy division, of 9,000 

 acres, the count was 170 hinds, 80 calves, and 250 

 stags, or one deer to 18 acres. From these figures 

 it will be seen that Inner and Scrinadale, both on 

 the west side of Jura, give a total of 559 hinds, with 

 1 79 calves ; while Gatehouse and Largy, both on tne 

 east side of the island, give 398 hinds, with 176 

 calves, and the great contrast in fertility shows 



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