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thwaite, who enclosed the forest with wire. Though 

 there have always been deer on this ground, 

 it was only in 1852 that it was afforested. It 

 spreads over 35,000 acres of high, stony hills and 

 grassy corries ; the two highest points being Beinnein 

 Mhor, the "big peak," 3,700 ft., and A Ghruagach, 

 "the maiden," 3,442 ft. There is a sanctuary of 

 about 4,000 acres, and good woods on the sea-shore 

 of Loch Leven, and hence the deer, having the 

 protection of this low-lying cover, rarely suffer much 

 even in the most severe winters. Up to the time 

 of his death, the late Col. Campbell of Monzie 

 kept the forest in his own hands, and many were 

 the fine beasts he got, for he was a good and keen 

 stalker, while probably no man, gentle or simple, had 

 a better knowledge of deer than he had. 



Here in the autumn of 1862 a somewhat curious 

 and laughable adventure was witnessed by the 

 Colonel, who, having wounded a good stag near 

 the top of Corrie Gail, bade Jamie Macpherson slip 

 the deerhound. The stricken beast made its way 



