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dale, which empties itself by means of the excellent fishing 

 river of Applecross, is stocked both with loch and sea 

 trout. Loch Gannich, Loch Na-Creig, and Loch Na- 

 long, are likewise amply furnished with the same delicacies, 

 and many of the smaller lakes derive their names from the 

 size and quality of the fish which they contain. The hills 

 in this fine district are strikingly picturesque, and nothing 

 can surpass the beauty of the strath of Applecross. 



The deer forest was established about seventy years ago ; 

 the quantity of deer it contains at present cannot well be 

 ascertained, but it has been represented to me as very 

 great. They are scattered over their favourite hill sides in 

 such numbers, that when put in motion, and scampering 

 away, they give a character and animation to the scenery 

 quite in keeping with the magnitude of the objects around 

 them. 



The anecdotes, which have been obligingly sent me 

 relating to the sports in this forest, are such only as are of 

 usual occurrence. They use the rough stag-hound, or 

 lurcher of the country, for wounded deer. 



I have received no general account of the weight of 

 these deer ; but, judging from the size of others on the 

 western coast, I am inclined to estimate it at a high rate, 

 particularly as it is recorded that Thomas, the first laird of 

 Applecross of that name, killed two stags a few years 

 before his death, that had been destroying the corn a short 

 distance from the mansion-house, whose weight was sixty 

 pounds the quarter. 



