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THE LAST WORD (HONESTLY) I’m sure that Prof Squires was delighted, as I was, at the delicious irony of The Editor defending Scottish Field and its coverage of country matters in an edition [October 2012] which included an article on hunt hounds and a recipe story entitled ‘Lambs to the Slaughter’. However, Squires’ peurile riposte lacks the academic rigour and good manners one might expect from someone in his position. At a time of excessive fees being introduced (in England) and many deciding the costs bear no relation to the experience, many readers will be astonished at the inability of a Professor to engage in a grown-up discussion – I hope the teaching at Brighton is of a higher standard than this representative of its research arm. Dr Graeme Finnie, Balgillo, Alyth, Perthshire
FIGHTING THE WRONG WAR I really enjoy your excellent magazine but Eilean Donan was not ‘almost razed to the ground during the 1715 Jacobite uprising’ [New Tricks With Old Bricks, Oct 2012]. Instead, the castle was destroyed by English troops shortly before the Battle of Glenshiel, which was fought on 10 June 1719 and not during The ‘15. Fon Rogers, II, Lexington, Kentucky, USA
HALL OF SHAME As a fi eld sportsman I was appalled by Alan Cochrane’s article [Dead-Eye Dick, Nov 2012] which had nothing to commend it. The author commits great errors on the hill but worse is his boasting of such a performance. To shoot the wrong stag is bad but to shoot something that he cannot identify before pulling the trigger is the greatest sin. He should be so ashamed that he never again lifts a weapon. Bentham King, Knaresborough, Harrogate
FIVE OF THE BEST This photograph is of fi ve baby swallows, whose parents nested in my verandah. I thought you might like it for your magazine, which I enjoy every month. WJ Campbell, Inverness
RED ROVER I hope that you will fi nd room for a remarkable but true story. My brother came up here for a couple of days stalking. On the fi rst day he and the stalker and ghillie set off up the hill onto a long fl at ridge which is about 2,000 to 2,500 feet above sea level. As they were walking along John, the ghillie, suddenly said ‘Squirrel!’ My brother Niall and Ian the stalker looked at each other and wondered what John was on about. John pointed, and coming running towards them was a red squirrel. When it reached them it proceeded to run up Ian’s leg. It then realised that it wasn’t a tree and took off, heading south. I presume that it was a young
one looking for new territory but to attempt to go from one glen to the next via the tops is quite remarkable. I’d be interested to hear what the experts make of this. Emma Paterson, Killin, Perthshire
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