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Loch Corr, including within the Ben Ormin forest the 

 finely wooded side of Loch Orr, called Tugarve, one of 

 the most favourite harbours for deer in that romantic 

 district, covered, as it is, with thriving natural birch wood, 

 for an extent of about six miles. Corrie-na-farn, and an 

 outskirt of Truderscaig, originally followed the Klibreck 

 forest, although the Ben Ormin foresters hunted without 

 opposition on the shores of Loch Corr. 



From the north end of Loch Corr, the boundary of the 

 Dirrie-Chatt followed the river Meallart, which flows from 

 that loch : making a sharp angle at Truderscaig, it then 

 proceeded to the north of the loch of that name, including 

 Holmaderry, the whole of which is within the Ben Ormin 

 forest ; from thence it went on in a direction nearly 

 parallel to the river Naver, as far as the Ravigil rocks. 

 Within these bounds is the celebrated mountain Ben 

 Ormin, in former times the spot selected and preserved for 

 the exclusive hunting of the earls of Sutherland. 



Ben Ormin is 2,500 feet high, and between its lumpish 

 shoulders, called Craig-More and Craig Dhu, lies what 

 was formerly one of the most celebrated deer passes in the 

 north of Scotland. From the Ravigil rocks, the boundary 

 passed into Ben Maedie, including the whole of Ben- 

 Griam-More, and continuing along the summit of Ben- 

 Griara-Beg, proceeded towards the Beallach-More, leading 

 into Caithness at the height of Knockfin. The hilly ridge 

 that separates Caithness from Sutherland is strongly de- 

 fined, and forms the eastern boundary of the Dirrie- Chatt 

 from the heights of Knockfin to the bold headland of the 

 Orel. 



From the head of the Ord, the southern line of march 

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