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forests, while on the fourth the deer are fenced off the 

 low-lying lands ; it touches Abernethy on the north, 

 Rothiemurcus on the south, and Glenavon on the 

 west. There is a sanctuary of some 2,000 acres, with 

 about an equal portion of very old fir wood, in which 

 not only the stags of Glenmore, but also large 

 numbers from the surrounding forests, pass the 

 winter. In the centre of the wood lies Loch Mor- 

 lich, on the bank of which stands a very large fir 

 tree, for many years used as a nesting-place by the 

 ospreys. Their last appearance was in 1893, when, 

 in spite of all precautions, they appear to have been 

 wantonly disturbed, and since then they have not 

 again visited Loch Morlich. Most of the ground is 

 very high and wild, as may well be supposed, when 

 the highest hill is the well-known Cairn-gorm, of 

 4,084 ft. The ground carries two rifles, and should 

 yield 50 stags each season, but of late years this 

 number has not been obtained, only because the 

 ground has been lightly shot and not from any scarcity 

 of deer, for the present lessee, the Earl of Zetland, is 



