THE GUN AT HOME AND ABROAD 
Killin and Glen Dochart as far as Tyndrum, stretching away down Glen- 
falloch to Loch Lomond. It also follows Glenorchy to Dalmally west as 
far as the shores of Loch Awe. On the north-west it is bounded by the 
ancient royal forest of Dalness and the King’s House, originally built as 
barracks for the troops of King George, after Culloden. 
Every species of Highland game is to be found on the estate in abund- 
ance, from the ptarmigan of the tops, to the capercaillie of the river 
valleys. 
In 1687, John, Earl of Breadalbane, issued the first Forester’s com- 
mission of which there is any record: 
“ John Macintyre was commanded to be Forester of the south side 
of the forest of Gorriechiba, to stop all passengers travelling through 
it with guns, to free himself, his family, and any who lodge with him 
of eating venison, except the umbles and entrails of such as shall 
be killed for the Earl’s use; to kill in reasonable time of year — that 
is, from Midsummer to Hallowmas — the number of sixteen deer 
to be sent to the officer of Finlarig, the Chamberlain of Glenurchy 
detaining from him a boll of meal for every deer he is short of the 
number. He is also to receive all the deer and roes in the forest at 
the sight of the Chamberlain and honest men in the country, and 
the Chamberlain is to write on the back of the tack the number so 
received, that it may be known how the deer have increased under 
his care; for which the Earl allows the said John the shealing of Blara- 
ven, the said John being bound to sheal himself upon the borders 
and extremities of the forest, where his predecessors did, in order 
to keep off broken men and destroyers of deer.” 
It was thought that, at the beginning of the last century, there were not 
more than one hundred deer on the forest of Black Mount; but about this 
date Gorrie Ba was cleared of sheep, and the deer rapidly increased, though 
it was not until the year 1820 that the then Marquess of Breadalbane began 
to appreciate the fact that this great Highland property was a possession 
from which revenue could be obtained both for pastoral and sporting 
purposes. About this date a small farm house was built on the shores 
of Loch Tulla, and from this house Lord Breadalbane stalked Corrie Ba. 
On his return to Taymouth he consulted with a clever shepherd named 
Peter Robertson as to the improvement of deer as well as sheep. Under 
Robertson’s guidance Lord Breadalbane gradually cleared one sheep 
farm after another, until the whole 90,000 acres, which now comprise 
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