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to Earl Cairns, who is equally good with either 

 gun or rifle. The lodge is well placed at the west 

 end of Loch Stack, just where the Laxford river 

 runs out of it, both waters being renowned for their 

 salmon and sea trout. The lodge is, however, 

 somewhat exposed to the westerly gales, for when 

 a real strong blow comes, it is not unusual for all 

 the windows facing the wind to be broken by the 

 small pebbles driven against them by the force of the 

 gale. The tenant is limited to forty stags, a number 

 which it is his own fault if he does not get. Ben 

 Stack and Ben Arkle, one on each side of the Laxford, 

 are two remarkable steep, stony hills on this ground. 

 Ben Hee and Corry-Kinloch the Duke sub-lets to 

 Mr. M. E. Sanderson of Wakefield, and never did I 

 feel more sorry for any sportsman than when I called 

 on this gentleman on my way from Lochmore this 

 season of 1895, only to find him, on a splendid stalking 

 day with no end of "big fellows" on the hill, laid 

 by the heels (or perhaps the toes would be more 

 accurate), with a foot wrapped in wool resting on a 



