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on the east come Stray and Strathconan. I have 

 not been able to obtain any reliable information as 

 to the number of stags got, or their weight, but 

 report says that fifty to sixty are killed each season. 

 The highest ground rises to 3,452 feet. 



PATT, KILLILAN, RIOCHAN, AND GLOMACH BY BEAULY. 



These lands, of some 15,000 acres, are the property 

 of Sir Kenneth Matheson, who at one time let 

 them to Lord Lovat, who sub-let them to Mr. 

 Winans. The grounds march with the forests of 

 Glencannich, Attadale, Monar, and Braulen, and are 

 very steep and interspersed with large mosses. The 

 lodge is an out of the way place, some thirty miles 

 from Beauly, the last six miles of the journey being 

 most easily performed in a boat on Loch Morar. 

 The lands of Patt and Riochan are the chief haunts 

 of the hinds, while those of Killilan are the abode 

 of the stags, and thus sport is assured from the 

 middle of August to the end of the season. It 

 carries two rifles, who should get from forty to 



