178 THE DEER FORESTS OF SCOTLAND. 



and Assynt for the honour of the death of the last 

 wolf destroyed in Scotland, which was in 1743. Of 

 the kill of stags or their weights I have been unable 

 to obtain authentic information ; but as a further 

 instance of how stags ramble and roam, it can be 

 stated that Lord Tweedmouth shot a stag in this 

 forest the morning after it had been stalked at 

 Beauly, a distance of fully twenty-two miles as the 

 crow flies. 



FOREST OF INCHNACARDOCH AND PORTCLAIR 

 BY FORT AUGUSTUS. 



This is a very easily-walked forest of Lord Lovat's, 

 formed in 1870, and now let to Col. Charlesworth. 

 It covers about 15,000 acres of rolling slopes, some- 

 what like exaggerated Sussex downs, the highest 

 ground being 1,800 feet. It is bounded on the 

 south by Loch Ness, whose wooded shores give 

 splendid wintering ; on north and east it marches 

 with Glenmoriston, while Inverwick (also called 

 Dundreggan) meets it on the west. The kill is 



