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FOREST OF BENMORE BY ARDGAY. 



This property, belonging to Sir Charles Ross, of 

 Balnagowan, and at present let to Mr. A. H. Heath, 

 covers about 45,000 acres, of which upwards of 40,000 

 acres have recently been put under deer. The hill 

 of Benmore, from which the forest takes its name, 

 is nearly in the centre of the ground, and rising to 

 a height of over 3,200 feet, a number of fine corries 

 lie around the base. On the north these lands touch 

 the Duke of Westminster's forest of Glen Coul ; on 

 the west the sheep-grounds of Tumore narrowly 

 divide it from Glencanisp forest ; the eastern and 

 southern marches also run with lands devoted to 

 the production of mutton, on which there are always 

 a good few outlying deer. The place carries three 

 rifles, with a limit of sixty stags, which will average 

 about 15 stone 7 lbs. clean. 



On this ground the present Sir Charles Ross put 

 in a smart piece of stalking. He left his forester 

 to watch a lying stag, while he went on about a 

 mile to spy over the ridge they were then on ; while 



