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opening in the wood, and to receive five balls before he fell. 

 Thus many are lost, which retire to thickets when wounded, 

 where they die. 



The hill of Tor-Achilty, close to the beautiful residence 

 of Coul, abounds with deer. It is finely varied, and there 

 is a small lonely lake at its foot ; the hills around are 

 covered with birch and oak trees for miles, and deer are 

 found on all of them. Two rivers meet at the base of the 

 hills, and the herds are thus in a manner confined, so that 

 their haunts and ways are perfectly known. Occasionally, 

 though the passes be well watched, not a shot will be fired ; 

 and, at other times, much powder and ball is expended in 

 vain. Yet there is always some consolation the deer were 

 seen, had a slight change of position been made, a shot 

 would have been got and so forth. 



Fallow deer are in a wild state in the vicinity of the 

 mansion, and they are sometimes seen in the most dis- 

 tant woods. A good many years ago part of the fence of 

 Lord Seaforth's deer-park gave way, and all his lordship's 

 deer escaped to the woods. They are not, however, dis- 

 persed to any great distance. 



FOREST OF APPLECROSS. 



THE forest of Applecross lies in Ross-shire, and is compre- 

 hended in a circuit of great extent ; its boundaries may be 

 traced passing from the north to the east, and so on to the 

 south and south-west, from Inverbain round by Loch 

 Loundy, Beinn Vaan, Cairn-Derg, Coir-nan-a-rog, Coir- 

 na-ba, Coir Scammadale to Solchmore, or Red River, a dis- 

 tance of fifty miles ; then again completing the circle, by 

 proceeding from the south-west towards the north and east, 

 and passing from Red River, Beinn-horornaid (or Fairy 

 Bridge), Avy Broch Coir, Bhuochroch, Garry Vaul, Coir 

 Glass, Craikvein, to Loch Gannich, a further distance of 

 forty miles. 



The Sanctuary, Coir-Attadale, from north-west to south- 

 east, is six miles long, and there are various warm and 

 fertile corries in all directions, which the deer delight in. 



