72 THE DEER FORESTS OF SCOTLAND. 



into Glencannes on the east and Caenlochan on 

 the west. This forest contains the highest hills in 

 the county, of which Glass Maol, 3,502 feet, is the most 

 lofty. There are 400 acres of well-grown plantations 

 for winter shelter, and the ground, in favourable 

 winds, will carry two rifles each day, who should 

 get, by fair stalking, 50 to 60 stags each season, 

 averaging 13 stone 12 lbs., weighed with heart 

 and liver included. This property has been owned 

 by the Ogilvies from almost time immemorial, and 

 at one period the tenants of the Earl were bound, 

 by a clause in their agreement, to bring in to 

 Cortachy Castle all deer killed in Caenlochan from 

 the spot where they fell, but as there is an ancient 

 foot and bridle-path belonging to the ground, and 

 passing right through it, this was not probably such 

 an onerous condition as may at first sight appear. 

 In days gone by this path was much used by cattle 

 lifters, and it was on this track that one Mudie of 

 Crandart and his five stepsons, Grewar by name, 

 once surprised and slew with their broadswords a 



