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your Prince ! " an act of self-sacrifice that went a long 

 way to ensure the Prince's safety, as for some 

 time it was believed Mackenzie was really the true 

 "adventurer from France"; and, until Government 

 was undeceived, the watchfulness of the pursuers was 

 much slackened. 



FOREST OF COIGNAFEARN BY INVERNESS. 



This magnificent sporting property, belonging to 

 the Mackintosh of Mackintosh, spreads over 38,500 

 acres, of which nearly 30,000 acres are afforested, the 

 remaining 9,000 acres being good grousing ground, 

 an adjunct which it is certainly most desirable 

 to have in connection with a forest, for even 

 " deer always " are apt to become monotonous, 

 and there is many a forest I know of from which 

 I would knock off three or four thousand acres 

 of low-lying good heather ground to turn them into 

 grouse shooting. Coignafearn has a large sanctuary 

 of some five miles long by three wide, while plenty 

 of birch wood with juniper offers shelter in severe 



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