290 THE DEER FORESTS OF SCOTLAND. 



FOREST OF LECKMELM BY LOCH BROOM. 



This property, of about 10,000 acres, belongs to 

 Mr. A. G. Pirie, who purchased it, in 1879, from 

 Colonel Davidson of Tulloch, and commencing to 

 clear it in 1882, he has always retained it in his 

 own hands. It lies on the north side of Loch Broom, 

 and running in a direction from south-west to north- 

 east, forms an oblong-shaped ground of about nine 

 miles long by four at the widest parts. On the north 

 it marches with Rhidorrach, on the south-east with 

 Inverlael and Glenbeg, while on each side of 

 Leckmelm there is an unbroken stretch of thirty 

 miles of afforested lands. The highest altitude is 

 reached on the summit of Mealldhu, 2,205 ^ eet » tne 

 next highest hill being Beineiltach, 1,800 feet, the 

 base of which is well wooded, while as it offers splendid 

 shelter in all seasons, it is kept as a sanctuary. 



When the ground was first afforested, a number 

 of hind calves were reared as a breeding stock, 

 which are still carefully preserved and fed during 



