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which was more than the ground would fairly 

 stand. Sir John took it for 1894, which was a 

 very late season in this forest, for on the 3rd of 

 October he saw a seven-pointer still in full velvet ; 

 in that season he was limited to seventy-five 

 stags, and having killed sixty-seven by the 27th 

 of September, he stopped on that date owing to 

 the beasts being then already far run. In 1895 up 

 to the 1 6th of September, Sir John had but fourteen 

 stags and but two real good ones in the lot. It 

 was in this district that that good sportsman, the 

 late Mr. Edward Ross, commenced his career as 

 deerstalker, when in 1854 he killed his first stag 

 in Glencannich. In those days none of the Chisholm 

 property was afforested, but beyond the head of 

 Loch Affaric Mr. Ross on his first day out fell in 

 with some of the real big ones in a very steep and 

 wild corrie beyond Cralich, his first shot result- 

 ing in a splendid royal of 20 stones clean j he 

 slept that night in a wooden bothy at Alt Beg, 

 and was out at dawn next day, when he again had 



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