3io THE DEER FORESTS OF SCOTLAND. 



graves are still pointed out. The present Torridon 

 Forest covers 11,600 acres, which consist almost 

 entirely of high rocky peaks with deep valleys, 

 although near the house there is a growing 

 plantation which will shortly afford the deer better 

 winter shelter than they get at present, which they 

 have hitherto found in the very deep valleys lying 

 between the many high and rocky hills. Amongst 

 these may be mentioned Liathgach, or the Blue 

 Hill, 3,456 feet ; and Ben Alligen, or the Jewel 

 Hill, 3,232 feet; while there are several others just 

 over or just under 3,000 feet. In accordance with 

 the prevailing rockiness of this ground, the best 

 colours in which the stalker can array himself are a 

 Black Mount mixture, or a very light green Lovat 

 cloth. The annual kill is thirty stags, which for 

 the past twenty years have averaged, weighed with 

 heart and liver, 12 stone 10^ lbs., no allowance 

 ever being made if any stag happened to be left 

 a night on the hill. About 1880 a rose-coloured 

 starling or pastor was shot here, which is now 



