174 THE DEER FORESTS OF SCOTLAND. 



Burton rents it to join it on to Glenquoich, and it 

 was on these lands that he killed the famous twenty- 

 pointer of 1893. At the back of Glenquoich Lodge 

 is a sanctuary of several thousand acres, together with 

 a few hundred acres of plantations, while in sheltered 

 situations in other parts of the forest are numerous 

 detached woods of natural birch. The greater part 

 of these lands have been frequented by deer from time 

 immemorial, but until about fifty years ago Eastern 

 Glenquoich was not actually cleared, while later on in 

 1878 the western portion followed. 



James Henderson fills the place of head forester to 

 the satisfaction of all, while stalkers and gillies are 

 uniformly clad in a neat brownish check, which 

 experience has proved to be the most suitable for the 

 ground. Three rifles, who are expected to kill all 

 deer by fair stalking, can take the hill daily, and though 

 no limit as to number is imposed on Lord Burton, and 

 though more deer could doubtlessly be got, he contents 

 himself with a modest annual kill of one hundred good 

 beasts, which for many years past have maintained the 



