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and difficult than is the case when the sport is 

 pursued on places with a squarer formation. There 

 is one very large fine corrie kept as a sanctuary which 

 is always full of good stags at the beginning of the 

 season, so that on the management of this corrie 

 depends a great deal of the Kinloch-Luichart sport. 

 Should it be left quite quiet and no disturbance 

 made near it until the stags begin to break out 

 in small parties to seek the hinds, then a good few 

 of these big fellows may be got, but on the other 

 hand, should there by any mischance be any dis- 

 turbance of this corrie earlier in the season, then 

 away go the bulk of its occupants to the grounds 

 of Strathvaich and Achanalt, which they seem to 

 prefer to those of Fannich or Braemore on the 

 west and north. In the season of 1892 thirty-seven 

 good beasts were got, the heaviest of which was 

 17 stone, while the lot averaged 15 stone clean. In 

 1895 Mr. Taylor had this forest in conjunction with 

 Fannich, and "The Field" states his total kill was 

 fifty-seven stags, but does not mention any weights. 



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