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the ring round the birch tree: at one end of the ring 

 there was a small oval, giving the whole the appearance of 

 the figure 00 " 



These beautiful animals, however, who for the most 

 part lead such a tranquil and domestic life, are animated 

 with fury like the red deer during the season of rutting. 

 In the summer of 1820, two roebucks were discovered 

 in a deep hollow, one above the other, most firmly united 

 in the following singular manner : The horns of the 

 uppermost one were twisted in the skin behind the shoul- 

 ders of the one beneath, and those of the latter were 

 twisted in a similar manner in the shoulders of the buck 

 above him. Both were found dead in this dreadful 

 position. 



There are seven lakes in the forest Loch Tilt, Loch 

 Mark, Loch Garry, Loch Hone, Loch Dhu, Loch Mali- 

 gan, and Loch Loch ; the last abounds in char, and on its 

 bank stands Cumyn's Cairn. 



There are two hunting lodges in Glen Tilt Forest 

 Lodge and Marble Lodge. The latter is a mere station ; 

 the former was built in 1776, and has lately been enlarged. 

 It is constructed without affectation of ornament, and 

 consists of two tenements united by a stone screen sur- 

 mounted by stag's horns, and in which there is an archway 

 for carriages to pass.* One of these tenements serves for 

 the lord of the forest and his friends, and the other for 

 his retinue. The foresters and gillies, however, are so 

 numerous, that I have often wondered by what means so 

 many human beings could be packed together in so close 



* This part of the building, I am told, has been re- constructed in 

 a different manner by the late tenant, the Duke of Buccleugh. 



