ARGYLLSHIRE. 



cleared of sheep for the past eight years, the 

 present owner having introduced fresh blood from 

 the Black Mount and Ashridge and Vanol 

 Parks. The place carries one rifle comfortably, 

 but as for the last few years all the best stags 

 have been kept for breeding purposes, the average 

 weight has not exceeded 15 stone, weighed quite 

 clean. On the deer ground there are also some wild 

 goats and four-horned sheep from St. Kilda, while 

 both species of the eagle nest annually in the rocky 

 hills. The sea views to be enjoyed by the stalker 

 are superb, the Isles of the Sea, Scarba, Jura, 

 Colonsay and Isla, all appearing in the panorama. 

 The Maclaines have ever played a stout part in the 

 feuds and wars of days gone by ; Eachuin, their 

 chief, fell at Flodden in a gallant attempt to save the 

 life of King James from the arrows of the English 

 bowmen, the clan fought for Montrose, and, almost 

 needless to say, were "out" in 1 7 1 5. These, how- 

 ever, are matters that will not appeal so much to 

 the deerstalker as the following telling poem of the 



