82 ANNALS OF SCOTTISH NATURAL HISTORY 



About 9 A.M. we stopped, and went on to Lochan Fheoir 

 am Sabhal, or " The Loch of the Hog-backed Trout,"- 

 about one mile to the south-east of Loch na Shallag. Here 

 we could do almost nothing. One hooked by Mackay fought 

 desperately and got off, but Mackay killed a small one with 

 a young frog. We could not find any more young frogs. 

 It became cold, with mist and rain, and the whole landscape 

 was blotted out. We " gave in," and walked over the ridge 

 and down the steep hillside to the Lodge, which we reached 

 about 1.30 P.M. 



After a cup of tea and a pipe, I turned in and had five 

 hours' good sleep. 



The Parr- marked Trout are handsome, high- but not 

 hump-backed. When taken out of the water, all the parr- 

 markings are very distinct, even vivid ; but these gradually 

 fade and almost or quite disappear after death, i.e. if exposed 

 to light and air, as the ones we caught were, none having 

 been, unfortunately, promptly preserved, as should have been 

 done. These parr-marks fade up to a certain stage and then 

 seem to remain, and can be found by careful examination in 

 favourable lights. These trout are red-spotted two rows, 

 one along the median line, the other below the same and 

 slightly irregular or zig-zagged. Between Loch na Sgeirach 

 and the Hope River, where salmon ascend as far as Gober- 

 neasgach Lodge, there is a fall of 60 feet, barring all farther 

 progress upward from the sea. 



HUMP-BACKED TROUT. 



The hump-backed trout of Fheoir Lochan are, I was told 

 abundant in the small, deep, clear spring pool, and grow to a 

 good size. The hump on the one specimen we obtained is 

 very pronounced ; the fish is of vigorous build and very 

 handsome. 



Fheoir Lochan or Lochan Fheoir nam Sabhal is situ- 

 ated at the base of Sabhal-bheag, and is surrounded on three 

 sides by the shoulders and scarps of that mountain. Lochan 

 Fheoir is an oval or nearly circular tarn or pool perhaps 

 half an acre in extent, or about 80 yards by 60 (?). It is said 

 to be very deep. The waters are marvellously clear and 



