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6 stone 6 lbs., which, if correct, brings the clean weight 

 of the above-mentioned stag to 30 stone, and thus the 

 one shot by Lord Greville in Glenmore, on October 

 2nd, 1877, which was verified to be 33 stone clean, 

 still remains the heaviest Scotch stag I can ever hear 

 of. I rather think Mr. Scrope's estimate of the weight 

 of the gralloch is under the mark, and that as a rule 

 in good-conditioned beasts one-third of the total weight 

 is more nearly correct ; thus a stag scaling 18 stone 

 as he falls will rarely turn the beam at anything over 

 1 2 stone 7 lb. ; but as only on five occasions have I 

 ever seen the whole carcass weighed, I may not have 

 had opportunities sufficiently numerous to speak with 

 confidence, and the foregoing remarks are derived 

 solely from the small experience already mentioned. 

 The beasts that I saw weighed, however, were fine, 

 fat, healthy stags of from 18 to 27 stone gross weight ; 

 and this being the case, I cannot see why the weights 

 shown by these few should be incorrect when applied 

 to larger numbers. 



Old Blair Castle stood several sieges, and was 



