90 DEER-STALKING 



Having given the above indications of how a deer 

 forest may be most advantageously formed, let us 

 proceed to consider its management. Here I find 

 myself confronted with a difficulty, which the indul- 

 gence of the readers of these pages must help me to 

 overcome. The subject is not a new one. It has 

 been dealt with by rect-nt writers possessing both 

 ability and experience. Among others may be men- 

 tioned, besides Scrope, whose work can perhaps hardly 

 be termed recent, Mr. Malcolm of Invergarry, and Mr. 

 ( irimble. But the completest and most exhaustive 

 treatise on deer and deer forests is that written for 

 the Badminton Library by my dear friend the late 

 Lord Lovat. My difficulty, therefore, in following 

 so competent an authority lies in the obligation to 

 avoid repetition of what has been so well written 

 on the one hand, and yet not to pass over matters 

 which are essential, if the attempt be made at all to 

 present to my readers a full and faithful description 

 of all that pertains to sport in connection with red 

 deer. 



Now, as regards the proper management of deer 

 forests, let us consider first 'How not to do it.' 

 When I was a boy my favourite book out of all that 

 were to be found in the school library was ' Scrope.' 

 Fascinated by his graphic description of the glories 



