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grandfather of the present Earl of Ilchester, and when I visited the neighbourhood in 1896 
I learned that they were well on the increase. Here it was that in 1884, under the direction 
of Mr. Harting, eight roe were caught and transported to Epping Forest, where they were 
turned out, for the species had long been extinct there. At the latest count (1896) these 
animals had increased to thirteen. 
There are a few roe in the woods by Virginia Water, as well as at Petworth in Sussex, 
and there were certainly some in the heather and fir country near Swinley in Surrey as late 
as 1894, for Mr. Garth’s hounds killed two bucks in that year, whilst another was seen. 
There are also some in the New Forest. 
It is scarcely necessary to enumerate all the districts in Scotland north of the Tweed 
1. A good Scotch horn, length 9J in. 2. A very good Scotch horn, length 10J in. j brow point, 3! in. 3. A m 
,, Lissadell, Sligo. 4. Pleistocene roe, Alness, Ross-shire (peat), length 11 in. 5 brow, 5 in. ; top back point, 5 
h 11^ in. $ brow, 6^ in. 
and the Clyde where roe are found, for they occur throu 
where the ground is suitable. The actual districts where rc 
are within circuits drawn with a radius of 15 miles from t 
Beauly. Within these three circles are situated the biggest 
undergrowth and pasture furnish both good cover and go 
their best both in body and horn. 
From Perth itself there is a continuous chain of lo 
cultivation both west and north. One almost continuous foi 
Earn, comprising the woods of Dupplin, Trinity-Gask, Gasl 
Wester, Methven, and right on to Crieff. Another forest 
valley with few breaks to Blair. I have shot in these two di 
