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but with corries full of good grazing, while the numbers 

 of the lochs are almost uncountable. On the north it 

 marches with Glencanisp, on the west with the sheep 

 grounds of Inverpolly and Coigach, on the east with 

 Rhidorrach, and on the south with other sheep walks. 

 On the north side of the hill of Coulmore (2,700 ft.), 

 " big shoulder," is the " Green Corrie," which is kept 

 as a sanctuary, and as the nature of the ground 

 renders stalking in it nearly an impossibility, this 

 corrie is sometimes "moved" towards the end of the 

 season. It carries two rifles, with a limited kill of 

 forty-five stags, which average close on 15 stone clean. 

 It was a most remarkable thing that Mr. Piatt, 

 although the renter of various good forests since 1882, 

 only got his first shot at a royal in this forest in 

 1893, under the following curious circumstances: — 

 Mr. Piatt found his quarry early in the day in 

 company with several other good stags, and his 

 stalker at once declared the royal to be a newly- 

 arrived stranger, for he was restless, uneasy, declining 

 to settle with the others, and keeping always on 



