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  the 
  bl 
  

   provide 
  

  

  ghlandej 
  ••• 
  ere 
  employed 
  to 
  drive 
  to 
  the 
  hunting 
  ground 
  

   from 
  fcbe 
  woods 
  and 
  hills 
  of 
  Athol, 
  Badenoch, 
  

   • 
  •nay. 
  i 
  I 
  the 
  countries 
  about. 
  As 
  these 
  Highlanders 
  

   light 
  is, 
  and 
  are 
  very 
  swift 
  of 
  foov< 
  fcbey 
  went 
  up 
  

   I 
  down 
  so 
  nimbly 
  that 
  in 
  less 
  than 
  two 
  months 
  time 
  they 
  

   ught 
  together 
  two 
  thousand 
  Eed 
  Deer, 
  besides 
  Eoes 
  and 
  

  

  But 
  although 
  some 
  have 
  interpreted 
  Barclay's 
  saying, 
  

   w 
  millia 
  ceruorum 
  cum 
  damis 
  and 
  capreis," 
  to 
  include 
  Fallow 
  

   KF 
  9 
  others 
  think 
  that 
  damis 
  may 
  mean 
  dama, 
  an 
  old 
  Latin 
  

   m 
  foi 
  Eoe 
  Pe$r. 
  This 
  being 
  so, 
  little 
  information 
  is 
  

   either 
  for 
  or 
  against 
  Fallow 
  Deer 
  being 
  

  

  Salea 
  \ 
  in 
  his 
  Ten 
  Years' 
  Digging. 
  }>. 
  g&g, 
  says 
  he 
  

   him 
  found 
  the 
  remains 
  of 
  Fallow 
  Deer 
  in 
  British 
  Barrows." 
  

  

  Cervus 
  capreolus, 
  Linn, 
  Roe 
  Deer. 
  

  

  This 
  elegant 
  little 
  animal 
  is 
  abundant 
  over 
  the 
  whole 
  

   extent 
  of 
  " 
  Dee," 
  wherever 
  there 
  are 
  woods 
  and 
  plantations, 
  

   A 
  noticeable 
  feature 
  in 
  this 
  creature 
  is 
  that 
  its 
  horns 
  are 
  

   subject 
  to 
  much 
  malformation. 
  In 
  cases 
  where 
  only 
  one 
  of 
  

   them 
  is 
  affected, 
  it 
  is 
  generally 
  the 
  left 
  one, 
  as 
  may 
  be 
  seen 
  

   in 
  the 
  illustration. 
  

  

  Order 
  RQDENTI 
  A. 
  

  

  Family 
  SCIUBIDiE. 
  

  

  Genus 
  SCIURUS. 
  

  

  Sciurus 
  vulgaris, 
  Linn. 
  Squirrel 
  

  

  MacGillivray 
  remarks 
  : 
  "It 
  having 
  been 
  stated 
  that 
  the 
  

   Squirrel 
  occurs 
  in 
  Braemar, 
  I 
  not 
  only 
  looked 
  for 
  it, 
  but 
  

  

  