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FOREST OF TULLADH-A-BEITHE BY KINLOCH RANNOCH. 



This is another of Sir Robert Menzies' recently- 

 made forests on Loch Rannoch, marching with 

 Camsericht, Rannoch Lodge, Loch Ericht, and 

 Craganour. It covers some 14,000 acres of ground, 

 well sprinkled with hills, woods and plantations on 

 the Loch Rannoch side ; the low ground, on which 

 grouse are shot for the first two months of the 

 season, makes excellent wintering for the deer, 

 while the high ground on Loch Ericht side 

 gives good stalking for one rifle, although it does 

 not work well in an east wind. The tenant is 

 limited to eighteen stags, which are usually got, 

 and average 15 stone with heart and liver. The 

 forest lodge on the shores of Loch Rannoch, 

 which was built nearly fifty years ago, has since 

 then never been a season empty, and has had but 

 three tenants, the present one being Mr. T. 

 Weller-Poley, who, on October 12th, 1890, killed 

 an eleven-pointer stag, which may be said to have 



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