A WEE STAG ON BOA 57 



so long, if, indeed, he was able to move, which I 

 very much doubt. 



On the 26th of September "Billy' Wilson 

 Smith got a very fine 9-pointer at the bottom of 

 the Hare Hill; he weighed 15 stone 6 pounds, and 

 had a really good head with a 28-inch span. Susan 

 and I went to Glengowrie, and I wounded a fine 

 stag in the shoulder, but he escaped west. On 

 the 28th we were both successful. Billy Smith got 

 a very fine stag in Glengowrie, weighing 16 stone 

 12 pounds; he was a 10-pointer and had quite a 

 good head. Unfortunately, he had to be left out 

 two nights, as we had only one pony and it was 

 with me ; a second pony was not to be had for love 

 or money this year, and as it was Saturday the 

 beast could not be got in till the Monday. I may 

 mention that the allowance in weight for being left 

 out a night is 7 pounds in Erchless Forest and 

 6 pounds in Farley. I think both of these weights 

 are too much; my experiment last year proved 

 that it was 4 or 5 pounds that is for one night; 

 I expect there is a loss of 1 or 2 pounds each 

 subsequent night. Butchers tell me that meat 

 loses weight each day it is kept, the loss being 

 much greater at first and gradually diminishing, 

 but always steadily diminishing. And of course 

 the loss of weight when left out for a night is much 

 more when the heart and liver are included in the 

 weight, as they are on Erchless and Farley, as 

 both organs contain and retain a lot of blood in 



