210 THE DEER FORESTS OF SCOTLAND. 



being sheep-ground. It carries one rifle comfortably, 

 but I have no information as to what sport it has 

 hitherto yielded ; but in any case it cannot yet have 

 arrived at its best. 



FOREST OF FEALAR BY PITLOCHRY. 



This property, of about 14,000 acres, joins Atholl 

 Forest, and is really a part of it, and belongs to 

 the Duke. It holds a great number of hinds, is very 

 easy walking, and is best worked by one rifle, while 

 the bag varies so considerably that no fair average 

 can be stated ; but as many as sixty-three stags, with 

 a mean weight of 14 stone 11 lbs. clean, have been 

 got in a season. 



FOREST OF GLENARTNEY BY COMRIE. 



Belonging to the Earl of Ancaster, who keeps 

 it in his own hands, this is a very ancient royal 

 forest of some 20,000 acres, the highest ground on 

 which attains an altitude of 3,210 ft. 



It is the most southern of all the mainland forests ; 



