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in the whole season, 1 but here in Fealar the average 

 horn growth was exceptional, and unusually good 

 for any forest except the best on the north-west 

 coast. There were rumours of a fine fifteen- 

 pointer that had been seen in 1917, but doubtless 

 he hid his royal person in the Mar sanctuary, for 

 none of our stalkers saw him. Yet Mr. Wedderburn 

 killed two heads at Fealar, one an eleven-pointer 

 with grand tops, and a long nine-pointer with 

 horns 35 inches in length, both of which would 

 have been first-class at Kintail. Personally, I 

 was well satisfied with my heads, which included 

 one royal, three eleven-pointers, a very good ten, 

 and a wide eight-pointer. Three of these had horns 

 83J inches long, which is well over the average for 

 Scotland. 



1 Stalking in 1919 I killed 24 stags in 16 days. Only two of 

 them carried good heads. 



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