, 1890-11-06

supported the year through, and
during the hunting season nu aver,
age deer forest shooting will employ
aside from n half dozen huntsmen,
from thirty to fifty gillics, or general
utility men. These gillies are re-
crulted from two clusses, the hang
ers-on OF studs and stables in the
largu English and Scotch cities, and
from lator-day crofiers' families; the
latter causing u complete change In
the character of young High lunders.
Just enough crofters are permitted
to remain upon these great northern
estates to assist in furnishing n sup
ply of this class of human cattle;
and the trifle of els or G2O per year,
| for few weeks attendance upon
the sportsman lord, with the corrup-
tions of kennel and saddle-rooms at
the lodges, and utter idleness for the
remainder of the year, are making a
sad and worthy lot of u class that
In former times possessed many of
the highest qualities of the sturdy
Scotch race. The
ITEM OF TRANSPORTATION
of studs, kennels and innumerable
forms of luggage from English and
Scotch capitals, where now the
greatest number of British gentle
men sportmen reside, has become
one Of such importance that all the
northern-bound railways in the
two Kingdoms not only annually
employ large numbers of agents to
solicit this particular traffic, but dur
ing August and September they are
sorely taxed to supply adequate ac-
commodatlons. The expense of en-
tertaining bevy of ladies and gen.
tlemen for two months at one of
these splendid hunting-lodges is
very great. To illustrate: Lord
Tweedmouth is proprietor of Guisa-
chan deer forest, which stretches
away from this village to Tomlch to
the south of weird Glen Atiaric.
He IL proprietor aud not tenant,
and man of moderate, quiet tastes,
as tho British aristocracy are aver
aged. His regime of entertainment
would represent less outlay than
that of most shooting tenants. AT
his lodge, little less than palace,
and but mile distaut from Tomich,
are annually entertained such peo-
pie as Lord and Lady Aberdeen
and family; the Dowager Duchess,
of Marlborough, Lady Sarah Chur-
chill, Lord and Lady Curzow, Lord
and Lady. Ramsay, Lady Win
bourne, the Marquis and Lady
Dufferln, Lord Barring, the artist
Gourley Steele and Professor Drum
mond, Lord Randolph Churchill,
Lord and Lady Saltoun, and Sir
Thomas Munro, with their retinues
of servants; and am informed that
this anr ual outlay exclusively in
entertainment exceeds $40, 1000.
Aside from all these taxes upon
the wealthy sportsman, there is a
large and increasing outlay In the
matter of litigation. Sportsmen
tenants become
LAND CRAZY"
All manner of devices and reckless
stratagems are resorted to In order
to break neighboring sportsman's 8
lease and increase holders territory.
This leads to the courts, and a GER
tain class of the shrewdest lawyers
In Great Britain are gaining large
fortunes fostering this character of
barratry. One tenant occupying
shootings In the shires of Inverness
and Ross Is known to expend an
nually $4,000 in litigation alone.
On the authority of those possessing
undeniable knowledge of the entire
subject, and after u most earnest in
vestigation into the details of ex-
penditurc, / believe that an exceed
ingly conservative estimate would
place the annual rentals of
Scottish shootings and fish
ings at $4,000, ,O00 and the expense
of enjoying their privileges at an
equal or greater sum. so that for
hunting and fishing in Scotland
alone, British sportsmen annually
expend the enormous sum of $780,
600, 900!
These Scottish shootings and fish
ings comprise almost inconceivably
vast tracts as we'll as ridiculously in
significant bounds. Among the
shootings, areas of from five to 25O,-
600 acres are found; while the heart
of the London clerk thrills with en-
ultation eleven months in the year
as he glowingly boasts of his "'fish-
Ing In Scotland" which may COM
prise no more than six rods of the
shore of gentle rivulet in which he
could not drown unless held therein
face downward. Many of the Duke
of Sutherland's "iishingsn are let in
stream spaces or lengths of no more
than six rods each. Some of the
larger deer forests of Scotland NAV
be mentioned.
Carrichibah, in Argyleshire, ex-
tends over 80, 900 acres. In Aber-
deem, the Forest of Mar Is fifteen
miles long and eight wide. Glen
gary forest in Inverness-shire Is
about seven miles long; Gaik COM
prises nearly IL 900 acres; and Glen
avon contains $1,000 acres. In
Sutherlandshire the Dirrie -Chatt
forest is fifty miles long and twenty
wide, while Dirrie- Moss forest is
more than half as large. The great
Glenartney forest, in Perthshire,
made famous by the genius of Scott,
is said to contain about 1900 red
deer. The
GLORY OF SCOTLAND
to the sportsman, however, is the
magnificent forest of Athol, Blair
Athol, which now contains nearly
5000 deer at large. AS 1t Is solely
occupied by its proprietor, the Duke
of Athol, who is n strict prescrver of
the breed, it is the acme of social