83 THE DEER FORESTS OF SCOTLAND. 



19 stone, and twenty-one of them were just over 

 17 stone. These good weights the owner of Ach- 

 nacarry attributes in a great measure to the fact 

 that most of his neighbours have joined him in a 

 compact not to shoot stags out of season or " far 

 run" or even "run" at all, and on the 10th of 

 October stalking is ended. 



With regard to Lochiel's method of weighing, 

 viz., with heart and liver left in the carcase, there 

 are also many gentlemen who follow this system ; 

 at the same time it should not be overlooked that 

 part of the poch-a-buie — the tripe — is also brought 

 home for eating, and yet that is never by any chance 

 included in the stag's weight. I am sure all stalkers 

 will agree with the idea that there should be but 

 one recognized method of weighing deer, and if 

 such a plan were adopted, then in future there 

 never could arise any misapprehension as to a deer's 

 real weight. It will be seen from a perusal of 

 these pages that there are more people who weigh 

 their stags "quite clean" — that is without heart, 



