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skaig fishings from the pen of "Pelagius," which is worth 

 the attention of those who may desire to visit that 

 locality. 



At Shinness, about half-way between Lairg and 

 Overskaig, are to be seen the Duke of Sutherland's 

 reclamations, where His Grace has spent upwards of 

 ;!^ioo,coo in reclaiming upwards of two thousand acres 

 of land, building farm steadings, and planting suitable 

 belts of wood. 



The river Shin, issuing from Loch Shin, pursues a 

 course of about six or seven miles and falls into the 

 Kyle of Sutherland (which is the upper continuation 

 of the estuary of the Meikle Ferry) a short distance 

 above Bonar Bridge. Passing glimpses are obtained 

 of the river, and a very good view of Achany on the 

 opposite side from the railway between Ardgay and 

 Lairg. 



The capabilities of the Shin, as an angling river, have 

 already been described by one whose ability as a writer, 

 and whose experience and success as an angler in his day 

 and generation have been long ago fully recognised. I 

 refer to the gentleman who, under the nom de plume of 

 " Ephemera," contributed a series of articles to Bell's 

 Life, and published a Handbook of Angling; and The 

 Book of the Salmon, two worlcs which will always retain 

 a high position. In his Book of the Salmon " Ephemera " 

 says : — 



"I believe that at the present season the rivers of Sutherlandshire will 

 afford more sport to the salmon and sea-trout fly-fisher than any other 

 streams in the empire." 



