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trotting on after him, only also to fall dead within ten 

 yards of the friend he sought. Thus Mr. Shoolbred 

 got three good beasts on the same hill without stalking 

 either of them, of which the two last each weighed 

 over 1 6 stone, while carrying respectively ten and 

 nine points. 



FOREST OF BRAEMORE BY GARVE. 



Sir John Fowler purchased this property from 

 Mr. Duncan Davidson of Tulloch, in 1865. At 

 that time no part of the 44,000 acres of which it 

 consisted was in forest, while some fifteen stags was 

 the usual annual kill, obtained chiefly from the east 

 side of the ground, where the corries of Beinn 

 Dearg afforded food and shelter, which never failed 

 to attract stags. During the years of 1866 and 1867 

 the daringly placed house of Braemore was built, 

 and while this was in course of construction about 

 23,000 acres of ground had been cleared. With 

 reference to the erection of the house, which stands 

 some 750 feet above sea-level, the people of the 



