RED DEER LAND. 13 



to a country almost resembling their own. 

 A mansion like a castle was built in the midst 

 of the wilderness. All these measures were 

 such as would naturally suggest themselves, 

 but only partially succeeded. 



The farmhouses are now occupied by 

 Scotch shepherds ; if you knock at the door a 

 Scotch face appears, and you are offered 

 a glass of milk, to which you are ' varra ' 

 welcome. The boundless heather, the deep 

 glens, and the red deer correspond to 

 the Gaelic accent. The tramway is gone, 

 and the track has disappeared for great 

 part of its length under thick heather. 

 Over the walls the deer climb easily, and 

 the unfinished castle s moss-grown. All 

 that remains is the improvement effected 

 in some places by the mixture of lime 

 and by the efforts of the Northern farmers, 

 some irrigated meadows in the glens, and 

 the farmhouses at lomx intervals. So far 

 as the general vista — so far as the red 

 deer and the black game — are concerned 



