202 THE DEER FORESTS OF SCOTLAND. 



in addition to a number of deer, five wolves were 

 included in the spoils of the day. Mr. Scrope states 

 that in his time, 1838, the whole property extended 

 to 135,451 imperial acres, of which 51,000 acres was 

 forest, the rest being sheep ground, while he estimates 

 the total head of deer of all sorts to have been 

 between five and six thousand. It is probable that 

 in the above-mentioned estimates there is included the 

 areas and deer of the forests of Fealar and Glenbruar, 

 both of which being now let to tenants, leaves the 

 Atholl forest of to-day to extend over some 35,000 

 acres of as fine deer ground as could be desired, of 

 which the most prominent features are the two big 

 hills of Ben Derig or Dearg— " The Red Hill "— 

 (3.338 ft.)» an d Ben-y-Gloe (3,670 ft.), which of itself 

 contains no less than twenty-four separate corries, and 

 even as in Scrope's day, it is still supposed to be the 

 abode of a witch who, feeding on live snakes, has the 

 power of assuming the shape of hind, eagle or raven, 

 together with the ability to drive cattle into morasses, 

 destroy roads or bridges, and commit other damages, 



