148 DAYS OF DEER-STALKING. 



The principal glens in that part of the forest, which is 

 .set apart for deer, are the celebrated Glen Tilt, Glen 

 Croinie,* Glen Mark, Glen Dirie, and Glen Bruar, all 

 bearing the names of the rivers that run through them ; 

 and all which rivers (save the Tilt) run from north to south 

 nearly in a parallel direction. 



The Dirie falls into the Mark ; the Mark rushes into 

 the Tilt ; and the waters of the Bruar lose themselves in 

 those of the Garry. The Garry itself may also be con- 

 sidered as within the precincts of the forest. Towards the 

 north is the Tarff, which runs nearly from west to east 

 with a bearing towards the south ; and it falls into the 

 Tilt at the head of the glen. The Croinie also falls into the 

 .same river. There is likewise a lesser stream, called " Aulcl 

 Banavie," on the western side of the forest, which runs 

 beneath Craig Urrard ; the latter part of its course is full of 

 wild and picturesque character : it is swallowed up in the 

 waters of the Garry. 



Salmon come up the Tilt in full waters, and are taken 

 with the fly ; and all the other rivers are so full of small 

 trout, that any one who pleases may catch as many dozens 

 in a day as he can conveniently carry. These streams work 

 their way in solitude through dreary mosses, and come 

 winding down the glens sometimes in comparative tran- 

 quillity, and at others bursting and rooting up every thing 

 about them; the mighty force with which they descend 

 may be read in the vast rocks and fragments of wreck 

 which they heap up as monuments of their power. 



Supplied by such numerous forces, the Tilt becomes 

 powerful in its infancy. Born in rugged regions, it cleaves 

 its way, at the base of impending mountains and rocky 

 precipices, in a dark, deep, and narrow trench. Arrived 

 at the green pastures of Ben-y-gloe, its bed begins to 

 expand, and the waters pass down in a freer course ; still 

 however they come racing and flashing along with over- 

 whelming violence. 



A little lower its wrath is tempered with all the orna- 

 ment that art and nature can bestow. First of all a few 

 straggling trees deck its margin ; then groups of birch 



*This is usually pronounced Glen Crinie. 



