194 THE DEER FORESTS OF SCOTLAND. 



In the above description of Mamore I have alluded 

 to Mrs. Campbell of Monzie as the owner of the 

 forest of Meoble, but this is hardly correct, as that 

 part of her estate is let as a sheep farm, the tenant 

 clearing a portion of it before the commencement of 

 the stalking season, to ensure some good few heavy 

 stags to his shooting tenant. 



FOREST OF MORAR BY FORT WILLIAM. 



This estate, afforested between 1880 and 1885 

 and so well-known for its very heavy deer, is one of 

 the Lovat properties, and on it the present lord 

 killed his first stag. It covers some 13,000 acres of 

 very steep rocky ground, the highest point of which 

 is Sgur-na-natt, or " the hat hill," of nearly 3,000 

 feet ; there are many fine grassy corries, and the 

 absence of any wood for winter shelter is in a great 

 measure compensated for by a small sanctuary, and 

 the fact that the lower grounds of the forest descend 

 to the salt water shores of Loch Nevis, where neither 

 frost nor snow ever hold long sway. On the east and 



