160 THE DEER FORESTS OF SCOTLAND. 



him warning, so what with the good start he 

 thus got and aided by the broken nature of the 

 ground, the would-be deer-slayer managed to escape 

 scot-free. In this forest Mr. Edward Ross made 

 a remarkable piece of good shooting at a fourteen- 

 pointer, who after a difficult stalk got wind of 

 the party when they were some 1 50 yards distant ; 

 off he galloped best pace, and when at about 

 180 yards Mr. Ross sent in his first bullet, the 

 "smack" of which could be heard as it struck the 

 stag, who, however, did not stop, but turned end on, 

 giving no further chance till about 250 yards off, 

 when an opening at length presenting itself Mr. 

 Ross fired again, and the stag fell dead. On 

 reaching the spot, it was seen that the first bullet 

 had passed through the heart, while the second one 

 had almost exactly followed the same line, for the 

 two bullet-holes were not an inch apart. 



Old Murdoch, who was forester in Glendoe until 

 old age forced him to retire from active service, 

 relates a pretty story of the kind-heartedness of the 



