80 THE DEER FORESTS OF SCOTLAND. 



for the old heads are far finer in all respects than 

 any that can now be seen in this forest. In the 

 early part of the season large bags of grouse are 

 made in the deer ground round the heather-clad 

 bases of the high hills, and the deer do not seem 

 to mind the noise of the shooting, &c., in the least, 

 for when first disturbed they merely trot off to 

 some high grassy top, and there they will stand 

 watching the proceedings of the shooters in the 

 valley. 



