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number should always be got, and it is not the 

 fault of the forest if the maximum be not reached. 



The lodge was built in 1803 at ^ e ^ ar enc ^ °f 

 Loch Rannoch, and looks on to one of the finest 

 views in all Scotland, although the hurricane of 

 November, 1893, has made the background appear 

 somewhat bare for the moment, as no less than 

 sixty acres of wood, planted when the house was 

 built, were laid flat. It would be inconsistent to 

 take leave of the Rannoch Forest without reference 

 to the clan Menzies, who have been established there 

 for many centuries. They fought for Bruce at Ban- 

 nockburn ; many of them were "out" in 1 71 5, and 

 notably one laird — Menzies of Culdares — who, being 

 taken prisoner at the battle of Dunblane, on receiving a 

 free pardon, felt himself in honour bound not to join 

 the rebellion of 1 745 ; in order, however, to show he 

 was still devoted to the cause, he sent a valuable horse 

 as a present to Prince Charles. The Highlander who 

 had charge of the animal was arrested, and though 

 offered his life if he would divulge the name of 



