10 



also 324 deer without horns say 226 hinds, 26 knobbers, 72 

 calves; total, 415, for Spring stock of 1880. Tarbert lies to 

 North of Forest. Ardlussa lies again to North of Tarbert. 

 Ardlussa belongs to Mr. W. Macfarlane, who is the best of good 

 neighbours. Precipitous shores on Ardlussa, a large stock of sheep 

 and we suppose a fair stock of deer. We estimate Tarbert to 

 contain say 310 hinds (i year old and above), and say 114 calves 

 24,000 Acres jf ^ calves to 100 hinds. Tarbert is very healthy ground, plenty 

 Say 5 acres to of shelter and feeding, and good shelving shores on West side. 

 a Sheep. Tarbert runs from sea to sea, East and West, and would make 

 an excellent Forest ; deer eat a good deal of sea-weed there. 

 Probably 37 calves to 100 hinds is an over estimate for Tarbert. 

 Mr. Fletcher burns Tarbert very freely. We now follow his 

 advice and example by burning the Forest much more freely 

 than we used to do. 



In July, 1890, the count of Tarbert stags was 158. We will 

 therefore take the number for 1889 as 145 stags. Hence, 

 including Forest, Tarbert and Ardfin, we reckon by count 

 (stags counted July, 1889 hinds, etc., Feb.> 1890) the whole 

 oTl)eer StOCk stock of deer to have been, August, 1889 

 August, 1889. 759 gtags (2 years oM and aboye)< 



1345 hinds (i year old and above). 

 496 calves 

 170 knobbers 



Total... 2770 Deer. This must be an under-estimate. 



Same date we estimate 



male sex. 759 sta g s > T 7 knobbers, and 247 stag calves **s* males. 



Also female. i $9$ hinds and hind calves 1593 females. 



The sexes appear to be equally divided at birth, but we fancy 

 the mortality of stags from an early age may be slightly in 

 excess of that of hinds. 



classing I n a general count of all hornless beasts, all over the place, we 



hornless Deer. t hj n k t h e re sult comes out two-thirds hinds (i year old and 

 above). Take say 37 calves to result from each 100 hinds, in 



