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FOREST OF GLENCARRON BY ACHNASHEEN. 



These forests of Glencarron and Glenuaig, or 

 Glen Fhiodhaig, owned by Lord Wimborne, are 

 situated in the parishes of Lochcarron and Coulin, 

 the former with an area of 8, 100 acres, and the 

 latter with 7,060 acres, both being at the westerr 

 end of Strathconan, while on the other sidei 

 are the forests of Achanalt, Coulin, Achnashellach, 

 and Monar. The average kill is about forty-five 

 stags, which, with heart and liver included, vary 

 in weight from fourteen up to eighteen stone. The 

 house overlooks the Carron river (in the upper part 

 of which there is salmon fishing), and has the advant- 

 age of a private station on the Dingwall and Skye 

 Railway, within a few minutes' walk. Some of the 

 forest hills rise to over 3,000 feet, while many of 

 the lower slopes are covered with old Scotch fir 

 and natural birch. Loch Sgamhain, out of which 

 the Carron flows, signifies " Lungs " in Gaelic, and 

 a somewhat curious legend is told to account for this 



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