, 1890-11-06

challie, with Glengowrie in Ross
shire, has 8, 900 acres. Carrynachou-
land, another Chisholm shooting,
costs f25O. Craskie forest, in In
verness'shire. comprises 5000 acres,
snd Mr.. Winahs pays G1 1850 for this.
over In Ross'shire, adjoining his
Inverness forests, is tho small forest
OF Durusduan, rented from SIR *. j.
Matheson, Bart, for but goo. IT
covers 10000 acres; and he pays E55O
for Glomach, with 5000 acres, from
the same proprietor. The Fasnakyle
forest, In which twenty or thirty
stays and $50 brace of grouse may
he annually shot, which also covers
some of the most magnificent scenery
of grand Strathglass, is secured for
G070. Its area is 10, 900 acres. The
eout side of Glassletter, also CHS
holm property, Is ''shot over" by
Mr.. Winans for e25O.
SPLENDID SCENERY
has been secured throughout with
these immense shooting estates.
Glencannich, opening to the north
west from Strathglass, is covered by
a succession of weird tarns, and the
mountain activities rise in un-
broken and beautiful slopes. The
Chisholms receive from Mr.. Winans
for Glencannlch el $50. Beyond
this to the west and south are the
vast forests of Glenstrathfarar
and Culligan deer forest, in Inver-
ness-shire, the property of Lord
Lovat. They occupy an area
OF 53,OOO acres, and the
rent Is 200. Glenstrath-
farar opens north from Strath-
glass at the little hamlet of Struy,
and running for ten miles along the
base of the mountain Benevachart
forms one of the most exquisitely
beautiful valleys of the Highlands.
Atiaric forest, in Glen Afiuric, pre-
viously mentioned, Is a mass of
primeval pine, shadowed by the
beetling crags of the giant mountain,
Nam Suil, from whose peak the
German ocean and the Atlantic are
visible. Further still to the west
are Sir *. j. Matheson's deer forests
of Killilan and Corryreach, in Ross
shire, which comprise 10000 acres,
and for which Mr.. Winans pays
about Gl,0OO. Near these is
Sir j. r.. Mackenzie's celebrated
forest of Klntail with 1900 acres,
for which he pays an equal, or a
larger, rental. For the Immense
Chisholm forest of Kockfln, he pays
G2, 200. Besides these, Mr.. Wimans
has secured the Chisholm forest of
Luibnadamph, which covers 5000;
the forests of Riocham, Patt, and
Corryeach, in Ross-shire, with an
area of 1900 acres, at a rental of
Gl 200; Sliograph, another Chisholm
forest, costing El40; and quite u
number of smaller forests aud divi-
sions of forests at an added outlay of
about $4,000. These form
AN UNBRoKEN FOREST
from near the city of Beauty on the
east coast, across the entire width of
Scotland through the vast wilder
nesses of Inverness and Ross shires.
They cover four rivers, many ma
jestic mountains, several exquisite
lochs, and four of the grandest glens
and straths ia Scotland. Their
rentals are at least $4,000. Ger
talnly el0,O00 is moderate estimate
of the annual legitimate expenses
in the care of shooting" of u quar-
ter million acres in area. And ii Is
a matter of common report in the
Highlands that "the amateur Amer
lean millionaire sportsman" eXpends
yearly Gl0,O0Oimore in litigation.
IL is calculated that his annual
expenditure for the pleasure of be-
ing the tenant-proprietor of the
largest deer-forest in Scotland is
fully 100000, or nearly 5000, 900. His
accoutrement, entertainment and
retinue are such as to awaken most
unpleasant emotions in the breasts of
titled sportsmen; and when he rides
to tine hounds he is attended by
more than 100 huntsnien and gillies.
But 1.-The great American deer
stalker" has whimsical notions of
sporting. He seems to enjoy pos
session rather than use. For five
years there has not been heard the
crack of rifle within his forests. His
red deer are tame as sheep, and his
hounds voiceless, save in their ken
mel howlings, and when as their
keepers give them galloping
"poundingsn along the mountain
reads, their yelps of restless longing
and disquiet awaken strange echoes
among the straths and crags.
EDGAR l.. WAKEMAN.