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and marches with the forests of Rannoch and Corrour 

 on the south and west, Loch Erricht bounds it on 

 the east, and Ardverikie on the north. It is very 

 rugged, sterile-looking ground, and Ben Alder rises 

 to 3-757 ft-> while at about 2,500 ft. above sea 

 level there is a loch called Beallach-a-bhea of some 

 two miles in circumference, full of good trout. 



In the days when I used to stalk at Corrour many 

 and long were the spies I had into this ground, and 

 at that time (1880) plentiful were the stags to be 

 seen on it. Well, also, do I remember meeting the 

 late Mr. Gretton in the train going north from 

 Perth in the days when he paid a big rent for 

 Ben Alder, and how greatly I was amused by his 

 naive admission, " that when he took to stalking he 

 had no idea it would interfere so much with racing." 

 The Leger week had just ended, and Mr. Gretton 

 was going up to the forest for a few days, only to 

 hasten back to the south to his more favourite pastime, 

 and after telling me this, he finished up by saying, " I 

 mean to have a deer drive one day whatever way the 



