252 THE DEER FORESTS OF SCOTLAND. 



been triumphant, for even one strong, heavy, 

 resolute man getting such a hold of a stag has 

 him at a great disadvantage, as the longer the 

 horn the greater the leverage offered for twisting 

 his neck. It was a curious coincidence that Mr. 

 Arthur Fowler, Sir John's son, later on also surprised 

 a sleeping stag, and got within a yard or two of 

 him before the beast woke. Braemore Forest will 

 carry two rifles each day, although when the wind 

 is in the east greater care is required than when 

 it blows from any other quarter ; this, however, is 

 generally the case all over Scotland, there being 

 some peculiar property in a sharp east wind that will 

 often make deer very restless, and indeed at such 

 times they will gallop off at full tilt for no dis- 

 cernible reason. The whole of this forest is so 

 scattered with huge boulders, big stones, and rocks, 

 that a grey cloth similar to " The Black Mount 

 Mixture" is best suited to the ground. Remains 

 of whiskey stills are here, as in other forests, pretty 

 numerous on the hills, though perhaps the most 



