280 THE DEER FORESTS OF SCOTLAND. 



FOREST OF GLENCALVIE BY ARDGAY. 



This forest, formed by Mr. Robertson of Kindeace, 

 in 1845, and sold by him to the present owner, Mr. 

 William Allis Smith, covers close on 5,000 acres of 

 good ground, which, wedge-shaped in formation, runs 

 from east to west for some eight miles along the 

 adjacent forests of Dibiedale and Alladale, whilst on 

 the north and south it meets the deer-grounds of 

 Deanich and Amat. The highest ground is about 

 2,300 feet; Knock-na-tuppet, "the woman's tippet," 

 is 1,500 feet, with its base well wooded with some 

 four hundred acres of thick cover, in which, during 

 hard winters, from seven to nine hundred stags gather 

 together. It carries one rifle comfortably ; the deer 

 are killed only by stalking, and will average, clean, 

 13 stone 7 lbs. ; a moderate shot will get 20 beasts, 

 and a better one 30, which latter number the owner 

 got this season of 1895. On this estate there is also 

 good salmon fishing in the Carron and Calvie, for in 

 1893 Mr. Allis Smith got eighty to his own rod, and 

 in 1895 fifty-two. 



