180 THE DEER FORESTS OF SCOTLAND. 



Gavith, the "windy peak," is 3,358 feet. The cloth 

 called Glenfeshie mixture, already described, is chiefly 

 used, and suits the ground exactly, which will carry 

 one rille comfortably. The first tenants of Invershie 

 were Mr. Farquharson of Finzean and Mr. Barclay 

 of Urie, the former gentleman once killing with one 

 dog and a flint gun seventy-five brace of grouse in 

 the day ! 



FOREST OF INVERMORISTON BY GLENMORISTON. 



This ground, of 10,700 acres of good stalking, 

 belongs to Mr. J. M. Grant of Glenmoriston. 

 Glen-mhor-essan, " the glen of the great falls," 

 has been cleared for many years, carries two 

 rifles, and is at present rented by Captain A. 

 H. O. Dunnistane, and to him and his friends it 

 gives from twenty-five to thirty stags each season, 

 which work out, taking one with the other, just 

 under 15 stone, but how weighed I have not been 

 able to ascertain. As a rule, several royals are got 



