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away a small beast, which ran off to join the big one, 

 the two trotting off amicably together, much to the 

 surprise of the stalking party. The big stag having 

 led his young friend a trot of about half a mile, 

 suddenly stopped at the edge of a black water hole, 

 and then, after retreating a few yards, charged the 

 small stag broadside on, knocking him head over 

 heels into the pool, in which for a moment staggie 

 completely disappeared from view ; eventually, 

 however, he scrambled out, making off as hard 

 as he could in a direction different to that taken by 

 the big stag. 



The remaining three forests of this county all 

 belong to the Duke of Sutherland. Ben Armine 

 by Golspie covers some 35,000 acres, and lies 

 between the Helmsdale and Brora rivers, and is 

 kept in the Duke's own hands. Glencanisp, a forest 

 of about 35,000 acres of very fine and steadily 

 improving deer ground, marches with Drumrunie on 

 the south and Ben More on the west ; it is at present 

 rented by Lord Brownlow, who kills some thirty-five 



