224 THE DEER FORESTS OF SCOTLAND. 



Loch Rosque to the eastern boundary of Ben Wyvis 

 Forest a similar chance is offered to the deer of 

 travelling over a like distance, stretching from east 

 to west. On the hill of Ben-y-vich, in 1894, there 

 was a pair of dotterels, supposed to be almost the 

 last of this race in the north of Scotland ; in the 

 Faden Burn, on the west end of the ground, the 

 golden eagle and the peregrine frequently nest, whilst 

 among the rare small birds Ray's wagtail may be 

 mentioned. In the winter of 1891 a sad accident 

 happened in the enclosed deer park at Strathbran. 

 With the tame deer there was a royal red deer stag, 

 who had been taken as a calf out of Corrie Reoch 

 in Fannich by John Maclennan, the forester there. 

 It had been hand-fed with milk, and eventually 

 turned out into this park, and was eleven years old 

 at the time of the tragedy. In December, 1891, 

 poor John came across the hill from Fannich early 

 in the morning to reach Strathbran, and in order 

 to avoid a very small detour he jumped the deer 

 fence, and crossed the park where he well knew 



