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1887, followed by Loch Rosque in 1880. The three 

 properties are excellent examples of what can be 

 done with deer in a short time, for when Mr. Bignold 

 first bought the property, there was nearly as good 

 a chance of meeting with a Red Indian as of coming 

 across a red deer. The Strathbran section holds, 

 at the western end of Loch Fannich, the beautiful 

 Cabuie Glen, together with a large part of " The 

 Cailleach," or Old Woman Hill. The highest ground 

 of the forest is in the Loch Rosque division, where 

 an altitude of 3,060 feet is reached. During the 

 last ten years the proprietor has planted some five 

 million trees on the low grounds, while in addition 

 to this the Achanalt part contains the natural birch 

 wood of Chuillim, which, extending for fully three 

 and a half miles, is celebrated for the large stock 

 of black game it holds, the numbers of woodcock 

 breeding there every season, and the nesting of the 

 golden eye and goosander on the wooded shores of 

 Loch Chuillim. 



The Loch Rosque beat is under the charge of 



