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past eighteen years, who has been both tenant and 

 owner, as he purchased the property when it reverted 

 to the Lovat estate on the death of Frazer of 

 Abertarf, who was a direct descendant of the well- 

 known Simon, Lord Lovat. 



This is the only forest in Scotland where " cold " 

 deer are habitually killed by deerhounds, for out 

 of the thirty stags got in season 1895 nearly one 

 half were taken with dogs. The deer are some- 

 times approached with these hounds just in the 

 same way as if a "rifle" were making the stalk; 

 at other occasions, when the wind is favourable and the 

 deer hidden from sight, the hunter can trust to the 

 scent of the hounds, which is wonderfully keen ; as 

 they near the quarry, the dogs, straining at the leash, 

 are permitted to see where the deer are, and then 

 instantly made to lie down. It now requires no 

 small amount of skill with patience to slip the hound 

 at the desired stag, which cannot be done until he 

 separates himself sufficiently from the herd so as 

 to allow the dog to see him — and him only. A 



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