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the march between Farley and Erchless to Donald 

 Ross's house, and so up the flats of Glengowrie 

 to where the deer were lying, ten miles each way. 



Tuesday, the 9th, I had promised my friend 

 Major John Otto a day on Erchless, and he got 

 a 10-pointer with a very good head, weighing 

 13 stone 8 pounds, on Boa, which is the near part 

 of Erchless. He tells me he ought to have got 

 another, but he was shooting with a strange rifle; 

 and I am very glad he didn't, as it would have 

 left me with only one for my last day ! Roy was 

 despatched again to Farley, and got two, one a 

 6-pointer near the Duck Loch, weighing 14 stone 

 8 pounds, and the other on the West Hill, a 

 10-pointer with a very good head, which adorns 

 the dining-room of Balblair; the horns were long 

 and symmetrical and a good spread, but not very 

 dark and too smooth probably a wood stag. 



Three more good days completed the wonderful 

 finale of this remarkable season. Wednesday, 

 the 10th, was my last day on Erchless, and I had 

 2 beasts to get to complete my number should 

 I do it ? The start was not hopeful, as after our 

 usual spy from the spying rock we decided to go 

 for some fairly good beasts about half a mile to 

 our left, just outside the wood. The stalk was 

 easy, but the shot rather hurried, and I missed a 

 sitter and swore appropriately. However, Fraser 

 suggested the avoidance of undue depression, as 

 there were plenty of deer about, and said we 



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