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Fraser said he would take one, and I was only too 

 glad to take the extra one. And so the curtain 

 was once more rung down on Erchless, and our 

 hearts were very sair to think it was all over for 

 another year ; it is such a treat to stalk with Fraser, 

 and the possibilities of Glengowrie are always so 

 alluring that it makes the season one long thrill; 

 and though some of the days are unco hard, and a 

 bit too tremendous, it is utterly wretched when 

 it is all over, and good-bye has to be said to Fraser 

 and Willie Mackintosh. However, there must 

 be the sadness of farewell to all the good things 

 of this world, else, perchance, they would not be 

 so good. We finished on Erchless two days before 

 our time, which suited Fraser, as he had the very 

 tough job of getting thirty stags off Erchless this 

 season. So far he has got four in addition to 

 our twelve, which makes sixteen, and leaves him 

 fourteen to get in a week hard work, I should 

 think, but he will go very near it. 



The rest of the season on Farley was chiefly 

 remarkable for the excellent shooting of " poor 

 old Merton," who got five stags, and two of them 

 very fine ones. On the 9th he got a splendid 

 7-pointer weighing 17 stone 2 pounds, which 

 equalled the record weight on Farley. He got 

 this on the flats near the Duck Loch, and after 

 lunch he got another on the West Hill, a 6-pointer 

 weighing 13 stone 6 pounds. On the 10th I got 

 an 8-pointer late in the afternoon on the West Hill; 



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