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each year ; the horns, however, appear to grow 

 more to beam than to points, a fine specimen of 

 this description of head being got in 1894 — a very 

 massive nine-pointer with a 37-inch span. In 

 1890 Mr. E. B. Jenkins shot a remarkable three- 

 horned stag, with the right horn quite natural and 

 of large size ; the left was nearly as large, but grew 

 down over the cheek, while a third horn sprang 

 from the base of this left one, growing in a natural 

 position to a length of seven inches. This mal- 

 formation was doubtless the result of an injury, 

 but though the beast had all the appearance of a 

 three-horned animal, it cannot be called a true three- 

 horn, as there should be three separate coronets on 

 the head ere such a distinction can be claimed. 

 At Ardmore and Balgay there are small lodges for 

 the use of stalkers or fishers, as occasion may require, 

 for in addition to the deer the fish at Ben Damph 

 are also a strong point, and salmon and sea trout 

 are in plenty. 



