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on which occasion great pains were taken by Mr. 

 Morley's host to make him thoroughly understand 

 the difference between the restricted capabilities of 

 a mountainous Highland estate and the wild state- 

 ments given to the world by his Radical friends 

 of hundreds of thousands of acres kept out of 

 cultivation, and withdrawn from civilisation, for the 

 benefit of the deer and the indulgence of the 

 sporting proclivities of the wealthy Conservative. 

 Mr. Samuel Morley, having been blessed with a 

 liberal share of common sense and quick perception, 

 soon recognised the hollowness of these most 

 fancifully erroneous assertions, and so much was this 

 the case that at the present time Mr. Arnold 

 Morley, his son, is himself a keen forest-renting 

 stalker. In 1873 Sir William Harcourt wrote the 

 following lines in the Braemore book, and while 

 those who are of his political way of thinking 

 can find no fault with them, the sentiments so 

 prettily expressed are likely enough to cause a kinder 

 feeling for the "big man" in the hearts of those 



