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sheep grounds surround it on all sides, the nearest 

 cleared lands being those of the Black Mount, some 

 twenty-five miles distant. I have no authentic in- 

 formation of the total annual yield of stags from 

 this forest, but as the property is never in the 

 market, and not likely to be, the omission is one 

 which will not be of much importance to my readers. 

 On the Callender end of the ground, a portion of 

 the hill of Uam Var, made so well known by Sir 

 Walter Scott, forms part of the forest, and the 

 opening scene of " The Lady of the Lake " is laid 

 here, when the hunted stag, who 



" Deep his midnight lair had made 

 In lone Glenartney's hazel shade," 



is used as the means of introducing Fitzjames to 

 the Lady of the Lake. 



In this hill of Uam Var is a great den or cave, 

 reputed in remote ages to have been the abode of 

 a saint, and in later years used as the abode of a 

 very different sort of people, who were either cattle- 

 lifters or robbers. It was in Glenartney in 1589 that 



