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THE FOREST OF GLENGARRY. 



THE Glengarry forest is situated in Inverness-shire, and is 

 about seven miles long from east to west. On the north 

 it is bounded by Glen Loing, and on the south by the 

 ridge of the hill.* Part of the ground consists of good 

 pasture, with rich meadow land on the banks of the river ; 

 on the northern part there is long heather and reed, and 

 near the top of the ridges, much sweet grass, of which the 

 deer are particularly fond. The whole of this extent has 

 been preserved from sheep for about forty-six years, and 

 is still retained as a forest, generally known by the name 

 of " Eisnich." Stags, however, are not found in it in 

 great numbers, except in the rutting season. The late 

 Glengarry preserved the greater part of this ground as a 

 " Sanctuary," never permitting any one to hunt in it, even 

 in pursuit of a wounded deer ; thus, when the game was 

 disturbed on the neighbouring hills, they made towards 

 this spot as their refuge. The pasture being good, the 

 climate comparatively mild, and the snow never lying 

 long on the ground, are circumstances so favourable, that 

 the deer attain to a large size. The late Glengarry killed 

 a hart, which weighed twenty-six stone, and the present 

 proprietor, another of the weight of twenty-four stone five 



* By the hill, I believe, is meant the general mountain range which 

 rises from the Strath. 



