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stant disturbance from tlie shepherds, who are 

 always doing something with those pests of all 

 sport — Highland or Lowland — gathering or 

 driving them for some purpose or other. You 

 are also very much dependent for your sport 

 on these two hills upon the terms on which you 

 are with the tenant of the Harris shootings. 

 The boundary line between Harris and Lewis 

 running just across Lewid, you cannot, in 

 certain winds, stalk it without the permission 

 of Harris to go into their ground to get at it. 

 Fortunately, we were ever on the best of terms 

 with Harris and its shooting tenants, and 

 received from them every permission that could 

 assist us in our sport in any way. We had 

 their permission to fish their lochs — the best I 

 ever came across — and shoot their woodcocks 

 in their fine glens. Many and many pleasant 

 days have I had with those " forays into 

 Harris," as we used to call them. 



With this permission, we found Lewid and 

 Carneval very useful stalking hills — close at 

 hand, and, therefore, very convenient ; com- 

 manding fine views of Loch Langavat and 

 Glen Langan, and looking across to the pro- 

 prietor's forest of Kenrisort, into which we 

 anxiously peered. Woe betide the good stag 

 that came out to see the world on our side ! 



