Stags’ Heads 127 
i. A head killed by the first Lord Tweedmouth on 9th October 1880 at Guisachan, 
Ross-shire. The full measurements are as follows :— 
Widest span over all, 39^ ; span inside below cups, 34 ; span outside below cups, 37. 
Right Horn 
Length , 39 ; length of brow, 10J ; length of bay, 10 ; tray, 13 ; length of tines in cup, 10, 7, 4^. 
Circumference at coronet, 8J ; circumference between brow and bay, 7J ; above tray, 6. 
Left Horn 
Length , 38 ; brow, 10 ; bay, 8 ; tray, 11 ; length of tines in cup, 8, 6, 4. 
Circumference at coronet, 9 ; between brow and bay, 7J ; above tray, 6^. 
Weight of Stag, 21 stone 9 lbs., but it was much run when shot. 
This head is as remarkable for its weight, roughness, colour, and symmetry as for its 
great length and width, and is not, I think, excelled by any recently-killed specimen in 
Scotch collections. The following is its genuine history, as gathered from what I believe 
to be thoroughly authentic sources. The Beaufort stalkers maintain that the deer was born 
on that estate. Certainly there is not the least doubt that it “ summered ” and spent much 
