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WILD BEASTS AND THEIR WA YS 
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excrescences. These lined the left side of the road 
when ascending from Forest Lodge, the river Tilt 
rushing in a brawling stream upon the right. 
The “ boxes ” were about 200 yards apart, and 
the hills rose more or less abruptly to the height of 
about 700 feet above the glen, exhibiting a clean 
sky-line, upon which in clear weather a dog might 
have been distinguished with the naked eye. 
On the opposite face, to the river’s left, were the 
lofty Grampian Hills, Ben-y-Gloe being the highest 
point. 
The prettiest drive when the wind was favourable 
was that in face of Ben-y-Gloe. The keepers and 
gillies had stereotyped instructions that the deer 
were to be on the sky-line at 3 p.m. 
To effect this, they would leave the Castle at 
about 4 a.m., and take a circuit embracing about 
20 miles, from which they would converge towards 
the appointed spot above Glen Tilt. The 
driving of deer is a science; very few men are 
necessary, and they should be at intervals of a 
quarter of a mile apart. Eight men will accordingly 
cover a line of 2 miles. They would commence 
at a great distance by intervals of half a mile, or 
even more, gradually converging as they approached 
the terminus of the drive. 
The various herds or “ parcels ” of deer, seeing 
the men extended in their rear, but not obtaining 
their scent, as the wind was in the front, would 
gently move forward in the required direction, if 
the drive were properly conducted. No noise of 
