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many lochs in the county never fished. Expenses at the inns will be alwuL 

 twelve shillings for entertaining, exclusive of drinkables— living in a public 

 room. We have a wet climate — plenty of waterproofs therefore desirable."' 



No wonder Mr. Mclver shrinks from the task of 

 naming the lochs in his district, for in the parish of 

 Assynt alone there are upwards of two hundred of them ; 

 and I believe it to be a fact, that from the high ground 

 above Inchnadamph, and in the neighbourhood of Loch 

 Inver, about a hundred of these lochs can be seen by the 

 naked eye. 



In the north and north-east part of the county is 

 situated the Tongue district. It includes the parishes of 

 Reay (in Sutherland), Farr, Tongue, and part of Durness 

 to the ridge west of Loch Eriboll, and is under the 

 management of Mr. Crawford, the Duke's factor at 

 Tongue. 



Tongue is thirty-nine miles distant from Lairg. The 

 mail gig arrangements are the same as those to Loch 

 Inver, &c. There is a large number of lochs in this 

 district, and several very fine angling rivers. From a hill 

 close to Loch Craggie, three and a half miles distant 

 from Tongue, about one hundred lochs can be seen. I 

 believe all the rivers are let for angling, and that all the 

 lochs, with the exception of two or three, in the midst of 

 deer-stalking ground, are open to the public. 



The principal rivers are — taking them from east to 

 west — the Halladale, Strathie, Naver, Borgie, and Hope. 

 Of these the Naver is by far the best and also the 

 earliest — the six or seven rods upon which, we are told, 

 pay about ;^ioo per rod. Those lochs which have access 



