i68 THE DEER FORESTS OF SCOTLAND. 



scaled 18 stone, and the other four were all brought 

 to the pony in halves ! 



FOREST OF GLENGARRY. 



This nice forest of 17,730 acres is the property 

 of Mrs. Ellice, whose husband, for over forty years 

 the well-known member for the St. Andrew's Burghs, 

 purchased it from the late Lord Dudley, in 1862, for 

 ;£ 1 20,000, the then Lord Ward having previously 

 purchased it from the Marquis of Huntly for ,£91,000, 

 the Marquis being the first "stranger" owner of 

 the estate after Macdonnell of Glengarry was forced 

 to part with his hereditary property. It was afforested 

 in 1866, and the whole ground is admirably suited 

 to deer. Much of it is high rocky heights, 

 Coire Ghlais and Ben Tee each being 3,000 feet, while 

 large quantities of sheltering woods run along the 

 shores of Lochs Lochy and Garry, out of which 

 latter lake flows the Garry, so famed for its early 

 spring salmon fishing, which is perhaps the best in 

 Scotland. Loch Garry also bounds this forest on the 



