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river between the Shin and the Laxford. It is a 

 better river than the latter, but not so good as 

 the former. It is deemed the second best salmon- 

 angling river in Sutherlandshire. Its salmon are 

 prettily shaped, and of good quality. They are 

 small, active fish, averaging about 8lbs. or 9lbs. 

 in weight. It is not an early river, and few fish 

 are taken in it before the middle of May. Its 

 best months are June and July, yet, afterwards, 

 up to the 15th September, two or three salmon 

 a day may be killed in it. In June and July, 

 favourable days, a good angler will kill in it his 

 eight or ten grilse and salmon. It has been 

 strictly preserved for the last two years. Like 

 the river Shin, it is fed by a large loch (Assynt), 

 and therefore continues long in order after rains. 

 Mr. Dunbar, of Loch-Inver inn, now rents it for 

 the purpose of affording sport to anglers, and he 

 also rents for the same purpose — 



The Kirkaig, another river of nearly the 

 same size, distant about three miles from Loch- 

 Inver. Its salmon are celebrated for the beauty 

 of their shape, and the largeness of their size. 

 Fish of between thirty and forty pounds in weight 

 have been killed with the rod in it. It is an 

 early river, and the large fish are caught as early 

 as February and March in its lower pools. A 



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