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and not even then unless the wind be from a favour- 

 able quarter. In the forest of Mar they seldom 

 drive large tracts of country, but deer are frequently 

 moved, which, of course, does no injury to the 

 ground, the operation extending only to a very limited 

 area. The practice has also been abandoned in the 

 Black Mount, and with good reason in this case, for 

 the result of constant driving about twenty years ago 

 injured the forest to such an extent that many years 

 elapsed before it recovered from the effects of it. 



Driving in forests of less extensive acreage was 

 never practised largely, though there are some excep- 

 tions. In Mamore the late Mr. Thistlethwayte used 

 to drive a good deal, but his whole ground was en- 

 closed by a six-foot fence, so it really did not much 

 matter what tricks were played on it. When Glen 

 Strathfarrar was occupied by Mr. Winans, driving was 

 almost the only method pursued ; but the whole pro- 

 ceedings under that regime were peculiar, and, as far 

 as sportsmen are concerned, it would be well if the 

 incident of Mr. Winans's tenancy could be blotted 

 out of the annals of Highland sport. In common 

 justice, however, to that gentleman's memory, it 

 should be remembered that no inconsiderable part 

 of his large fortune was left in the district, distributed 

 among the various classes of the community. 



