66 THE DEER FORESTS OF SCOTLAND. 



Donald Ross, the genial and veteran stalker, who 

 first went to Langwell in 1848, is now pensioned 

 off, and Archibald McEwan reigns as head forester 

 in his stead. The ground will carry four rifles every 

 day, who make up the bag by fair stalking only, and 

 depending on the fineness of the season, the total 

 kill varies from eighty to one hundred stags, scaling 

 on an average 16 stone each, with heart and liver 

 included, and in this number there are always some 

 royal heads. In 1888 a melancholy event occurred 

 here, for on the 26th of August of that year Sir 

 John Rose, while out after deer, died on the hill. 

 Up to the moment of his sudden death he had 

 been in his usual good health, but on that day, 

 after firing at a stag, he dropped down and expired 

 from apoplexy. 



The following further particulars of Langwell will 

 be of interest to sportsmen, as they show the length of 

 time required to make a forest under favourable cir- 

 cumstances, and how speedily efficient and persevering 

 preservation of grouse produces the desired result. 



