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one to which a light yellow cloth is most suitable. 

 The absence of either sanctuary or wood for winter 

 shelter the deer remedy for themselves in severe 

 weather, by shifting on to the adjacent forests of 

 North Harris and Morsgail, according to the direction 

 of the wind. The greatest altitude is 1,600 ft, which 

 is reached on the summit of Lienthaid, Carnnabhal is 

 1,240 ft., and Beinn-na-Mhuil — the hill of the mile — 

 is 1,200 ft. This ground was first afforested about 

 fifty years ago, only again to be put under sheep, 

 and then, in 1890, it was once more cleared. It 

 easily carries one rifle, with a limit of fifteen stags, 

 which, like all the other Lewis stags, are handsome 

 little fellows, scaling about 12 stone clean, with 

 small, prettily-shaped horns usually carrying a number 

 of points. 



I shall here take the opportunity of dealing very 

 shortly with the remaining forests in Lewis, and for 

 a description of the character of the ground and the 

 size of the deer my readers can turn to the account of 

 Lady Farquhar's forest of Amhuinsuidh, in North 



