212 THE DEER FORESTS OF SCOTLAND. 



some of the proscribed Macgregor clan, when on 

 a poaching expedition, murdered one John Drummond 

 of Ernoch, a royal forester, an incident which forms 

 the foundation of Sir Walter Scott's " Legend of 

 Montrose," and a barbarity that likewise led to 

 many desperate encounters between the Macgregors 

 and the clan of the murdered man. 



FOREST OF GLENBRUAR BY BLAIR ATHOLL. 



A ground of about 10,500 acres, marching with 

 Gaick, Atholl and Glenfeshie. It belongs to the 

 Duke of Atholl, and was let to Major E. H. Baldock 

 for the season of 1895. There are but few corries 

 on it, and a good deal of stalking has to be done 

 over peat bogs, while, as much of this sort of ground 

 is very bare, long and snake-like flat creeps are 

 often the order of the day. The bag here varies 

 very much according to the prevailing winds of the 

 stalking season, while it likewise makes a great 

 difference to the total whether the nearest adjacent 



