98 THE DEER FORESTS OF SCOTLAND. 



and four thousand acres, but I have not been able to 

 collect any reliable details. 



It was in this forest that Prince Charles Edward 

 found himself on July 18th, 1746. On that day he 

 arrived at the summit of a hill at the eastern ex- 

 tremity of Arisaig, called Scoorvuy, and, having rested 

 there, he started afresh on that wonderful series of hair- 

 breadth escapes and wanderings which only terminated 

 when he was safely at sea, on his way to France. 



FORESTS OF ARNISDALE AND LOCH HOURN BY GLENELG. 



These two properties, owned since 1890 by Mr. 

 Robert Birkbeck, and purchased in that year from 

 Mr. Baillie of Dochfour, march with the forest of 

 Glenquoich and the Glenelg and Ratagan estates of 

 Mr. Baillie. The Loch Hourn ground covers some 

 14,000 acres of very steep, broken, high, rocky, sterile 

 country. The grazing is excellent, while the natural 

 woods offer perfect wintering for deer. These 

 grounds were cleared of sheep in 1890, and being 

 a new forest, at present only thirty stags are killed 



