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Chapter VII. 

 INVERNESS-SHIRE. 



FOREST OF ABERNETHV, BY NETHY BRIDGE. 



The Dowager Countess of Seafield is the owner of 

 these lands, which were first cleared in 1869, and 

 spread over 26,000 acres, about one-third being 

 wood, affording a vast tract of fine winter shelter for 

 the deer. The forest marches with that of Glenmore, 

 and contains many high hills, chief amongst these 

 being Cairn-gorm (4,084 ft.). The yearly total is 

 60 stags a season, showing an average of 14 stone 

 each, weighed with heart and liver included, and 

 here one of the best beasts of recent years was shot 

 in 1892, by Mr. Payne — a fine fourteen-pointer of 

 18 stone. 



In or about the year 1630 this forest was the 



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