SESSION 1909-1910. 



L—THE BED DEER, FOX, WILD CAT, AND GOLDEN 

 EAGLE IN GLEN GARRY FOREST. 



By Mr SYMINGTON GRIEVE. 



{Read Nov. U, 1909.) 



So much has been said and written about the fauna of every 

 part of the British Isles, that it is difficult to find anything 

 new to speak or write about. I am afraid that I must travel 

 along ^much of a well-beaten track, but I intend to tell you 

 in simple words some things I saw and observed during 

 a stay in the Big Glen of Inverness-shire in August and 

 September 1908. 



I was living at the edge of the Glen Garry deer forest, 

 and had many opportunities of observing the creatures found 

 in it, and also in its immediate neighbourhood. During the 

 first half of August I was allowed to take long walks through 

 the forest, and to climb its mountains, and even to visit its 

 sanctuary. These rambles afforded me much pleasure ; and 

 observing the red deer {Cervus elaphus) in their wild haunts, 

 and frequently at very close quarters, might make one not 

 versed in the subject inclined to think it must be compara- 

 tively easy for sportsmen to shoot them. I have had many 

 opportunities of studying the subject in other deer forests, 

 and I well know how it is possible to tramp over a forest for 

 days and never see even a single deer. My luck in Glen 

 Garry deer forest was different, but others >'ere less fortunate 



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