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of Glengarry. For the past twenty-five years 

 this forest has been rented by Lord Burton, and at 

 his hands it has had careful nursing, with all the 

 benefits and advantages of large outlays in numerous 

 improvements, for even in the single matter of roads 

 alone upwards of a hundred and thirty miles of 

 carriage drives and pony tracks have been made, by 

 which means the lodge on the shore of Loch Quoich 

 has been placed in communication with all parts of the 

 deer ground. The bulk of the lands of Glenquoich are 

 very high and extremely steep, the bases of the hills 

 being well covered with rich pastures. The very 

 highest ground is reached on the summit of Glourvach 

 (3,396 ft.) at the back of the lodge, while there 

 are upwards of a dozen other hills over 3,000 ft. 



Glenquoich marches on the west with the deer 

 grounds of Loch Hourn, while on the north-west and 

 north it runs with Clunie Forest, Glengarry comes in 

 on the east, and Glen Kingie on the south. This 

 last-mentioned property, of nearly 16,000 acres, belongs 

 to Lochiel, being quite a good forest in itself; Lord 



