200 AMID THE HIGH HILLS 
" The year 1905 was a very wet season in this 
district, and while stags were not good in condi- 
tion, there were some good heads to be seen. I 
had that season one of the best of sportsmen who 
knew a great deal about deer and their ways, and 
had an experience of thirty years behind him. 
" My beat is a narrow long piece of high 
ground and stretching well in between three 
adjoining forests coming to a narrow point, and 
on this narrow part there is a small corrie. This 
corrie is the best for keeping stags I know of, 
but rather difficult to stalk except with north- 
west wind. With other winds, although success- 
ful in a stalk, one is sure to drive the rest of the 
deer into one of the adjoining forests, the stalkers 
in which were very much on the alert at that time 
to make the best use of any move in their favour 
on the marches. There was a long spell of south 
and south-west wind, and although there were 
quite a lot of stags in this corrie we had to wait long 
for favourable wind so as to move them further 
into our own ground. About September 25 we 
were having a spy at the corrie, and noticed a 
newcomer with quite a big, strong head of ten 
points, and on each horn very peculiarly shaped 
tops with cups, the three points on the top in 
