07 Dec




















we do not think we can count all the live ones ; however we shot cromies for several years, and perhaps it is argued that nated. Cromie stags are very curious ; it is said they exist 22 those existing ; they are not very easy to recognize at any consider- remarkable. Some cromie heads are beautiful. We have not doubt has aroused a prophetic spirit in some individuals, who These Cromie horns slope backwards, and are altogether very less now, say 15 stags a year less, for 6 years past, and also years. only affect certain parts of the ground ; on those districts there of Lochbuie thinks not. Cromie in Gaelic means crooked. know of about 8 cromies, and it is not likely we know of half it stated that they have been known in Mull, but Maclaine The destruction of stags from all causes, including knobbers, Loss of Stags may sometimes count the same stags twice over as in 1881 apparently, and perhaps also in 1884 and 1885. calculate, 105 stags a year. This, had it continued, would have Cromies. able distance. We have found 3 dead cromies, none of which for the whole ground (Ardfin, Forest, and Tarbert) was, for the in early years, may be perhaps 3 cromies to 100 stags, or rather more, for we Jura prophets, g vears hence, and also say that cromies are extermi- the production is increased considerably. This destruction no only in Jura, where certainly they are historical. I have heard Pessimistic foretell the downfall of the Forest by over shooting about first 7 years, viz. : 1878 to 1884 inclusive, as nearly as we can shown 1,260 stags wiped out in 12 years. The destruction is L . , absence from the larder proves absence from the hill. Cromies

Comments
* The email will not be published on the website.
I BUILT MY SITE FOR FREE USING