276 THE DEER FORESTS OF SCOTLAND. 



FOREST OF FLOWERDALE BY GAIRLOCH. 



This property, of some 10,000 acres, belongs to Sir 

 Kenneth Mackenzie of Gairloch, and since 1874 it has 

 been rented by Mr. S. W. Clowes. The hill of Ben 

 Dearg, of about 2,000 acres, was afforested in 1847, 

 the remainder of the ground being cleared in 1877 

 by the lessee, who made paths, tracks, put up 

 foresters' cottages, built stables and boathouses, 

 at a considerable outlay. This gentleman, now 

 unfortunately a victim to bad health, was a good 

 specimen of the " all round " sportsman, for, in 

 addition to being master of the Quorn, a good game 

 shot, and fisherman, he was one of the few gentlemen 

 who could, and did, stalk and gralloch entirely for 

 himself ; while, moreover, he was one of the very first 

 to use the double-barrelled breech-loading rifle against 

 deer. Mr. Clowes's place at Flowerdale is now taken 

 by his son, Captain A. H. Clowes, who carries on 

 the forest in the same way that his father did. 

 Flowerdale consists chiefly of very rocky ground, 



