64 THE DEER FORESTS OF SCOTLAND. 



Chapter V. 

 CAITHNESS. 



FORESTS OF BRAEMORE AND LANGWELL BY BERRIEDALE. 



This fine ground, the only afforested part of the 

 county, belongs to the Duke of Portland, and the 

 two estates together contain some 40,000 acres, 

 covering about 63 square miles. Up till 1880 Brae- 

 more was a separate estate, when it was purchased 

 and cleared by the present Duke, and added to 

 Langwell proper, on which last-named ground afforest- 

 ing had been commenced in 1857, and ultimately 

 completed in 1864, and on both properties very large 

 sums have been expended. The interior of this 

 forest presents a continuous succession of hills and 

 valleys, following the course of the Braemore and 

 Langwell streams, and though the valleys are narrow, 



