to stags, but reduced as to hinds ; about 70 fairly fresh stags have Worn stags not 187^-6-7, the number killed was reduced by about half. He often From 1878 to 1884 inclusive, as we have already seen, the very few hinds. been shot and hit, yearly, since 1878 (including that year) on the left on the hill because not worth taking home. Large destruction of stags with shooting, deaths of stags and of For the year 1875-6-7, the laird shot about 30 stags a year, and up to 60 stags a year, and about 12 hinds, up to year 1875 ; in me so many times. This method of selection would somewhat 28 Many wasters wno ^ e ground, including Ardfin and Tarbert. A number of wasted said he shot only fresh stags, leaving worn old stags, he has told Tarbert was the best ground, said to hold 70 stags at that date. Considerable F rom I 8 5 o to 1852, inclusive, the late laird rested Jura, shot formerly. . ' J shot. old stags besides the above 70 have been killed, some of them Reduced the death rate for a long time, after beginning a change of policy. killing 40 stags a year, 10 of them off Tarbert, and a few chiefly calves, I am told. He. seems to have increased his kill 50 to 55 sta g s m whole Forest then he thinks, and he added that impede the rate of progress, and would unfavourably influence In 1878, the demands on the ground were again expanded, as 15 years ago. and shot in Harris. Towards 1870, it seems the laird was found 4 stags at Screeb, and shot one of them. There were slaughter, J hinds. Very severe mortality for two years, 1869 and 1870