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Argyllshire, the country of the Mac Callum More, has, in 

 addition to its lochs, a number of small salmon rivers, such 

 as the Awe, the Orchy, and the Leven. In Banffshire the 

 best salmon rivers are the Deveron and Fiddich. In Ber- 

 wickshire are the Blackadder and the Whitadder, two good 

 trouting streams. The Findhorn, once a phenomenal 

 salmon river, is in Elginshire, and it is on record that 

 years ago 360 salmon were caught in the same pool in one 

 day. This, however, was exceeded by another miraculous 

 draught of fishes described by the Earl of Moray, who wrote 

 to his countess that 1,300 salmon had been taken in a night. 

 There is fair fishing occasionally even now in the Findhorn, 

 but ruthless nettings below have considerably spoiled it. The 

 Lossie, in the same county, is good for sea-trout and yellow 

 trout. Forfarshire has the North and South Esk. The 

 Clyde, whose falls are fatal to the ascent of salmon, is in 

 its upper waters excellent for trout, and it is of additional 

 interest to anglers since the experiment of introducing 

 grayling into Scotland has there been successfully carried 

 out. The best rivers of Perthshire are the Garry, the 

 Tummel, the Lyon, the peerless Tay already referred to, 

 and the Teith. Roxburghshire, besides the Tweed, which 

 is famous for both trout and salmon, many of its casts 

 being historical, and which has romantic historical associa- 

 tions with Melrose, Dryburgh, Norham, and Kelso, has 

 also the Teviot, which, like the Ale, the Bowmont, the Jed, 

 the Kale, the Rule, and other such minor streams, are of 

 excellent repute for trout. Sutherlandshire, the paradise 

 of loch fishers and the stronghold of the Salmo ferox, has 

 the Brora, an early salmon river, where the fish run large ; 

 the Borgie, excellent for grilse and sea-trout ; thelnver, where 

 the wandering angler staying at Loch Inver can fish, for a 

 daily payment ; the Lexford, a short river, but that still is 



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