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acres, which the Duke bought for ,£135,000, or 

 18s. \d. an acre. Later on the property was resold 

 in several lots. In 1871 Lord Wimborne bought 

 Achnashellach and Glenuaig, Mr. Ogilvy Dalgleish 

 took Coulin, while Lord Middleton in 1861 became 

 the owner of Applecross proper. The forest is a 

 peninsular one, Loch Carron bounding it on the 

 south and Applecross Sound on the west, while the 

 other sides march with the forests of Glenshieldaig, 

 Ben Damph and New Kelso. It is rough, stony, high 

 ground, Ben Bahn being 2,936 feet, with several other 

 hills ranging from 2,000 feet upwards. The grounds 

 of the crofters, who are on this estate a really happy 

 family, are carefully wired off from the forest, and 

 Lord Middleton has spent over ,£100,000 on the 

 whole place since he bought it. I have heard on 

 fairly good authority that from seventy to eighty 

 stags are killed each season, but as the rainfall of 

 these parts is returned at 60 inches a year, I should 

 imagine that the numbers of the killed must vary 

 very much, for in seasons where a good part of this 



