FOREST OF ATHOLL. 



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from the north-east point joining Aberdeenshire, to the 

 south-west point joining Gaig Forest, about forty miles in 

 length. The extreme breadth, from the top of Skarsach, 

 north side of Tarn , to Craig Urrard, Mr. John Crerer thicks 

 cannot be less than 18 miles, but it diminishes in breadth at 

 the extremities. It measures 135,451 imperial acres. 



The following table will show how it is divided and 

 appropriated : 



Contents of the Atholl Deer Forest, etc. 



m 4. , f Forest Ground, 51,708-521 

 otal 1 Grouse Ground, 83,742-589 



135,451-110.* 



The part of the forest which is kept for deer-stalking, it 

 will be remarked, is 51,708 imperial acres, and is bounded 

 chiefly on the west by Craig Urrard and the river Bruar ; 

 on the north by the Tarff; on the east by the Felaar grouse 

 ground ; and on the south by the cultivated grounds and 

 woods of Blair. Deer, however, are occasionally to be found 

 beyond these limits particularly hinds : in a north wind, 

 indeed, an inexpert or rash deer-stalker would send vast 

 numbers out of this ground, and if they were still pursued 

 and followed with pertinacity, they might be driven into 

 other forests and remain there some time. 



The names of the various hill tops are given in the Appendix. 



