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rendered inaccessible by natural barriers, or shut 

 off from the reinvigorating sea by contaminated 

 water, is without the migratory species, chief of 

 which is the salmon. Common trout, lake-trout, 

 sea-trout, and salmon, meet and mingle in its 

 common waters. The Clyde is the only stream 

 of the first magnitude which is salmonless. 



Taking advantage of the attraction thus offered, 

 hotels have sprung up round the shores of the 

 lochs, and hold stretches for the behoof of their 

 visitors. Upwards of fifty such hotels have pre- 

 served waters. Probably, they would also offer a 

 day's shooting, if hillsides were as cheap as lochs. 

 In that case a mortuary might prove convenient. 



Arrived at the lochside, the tourist embarks for 

 a day's sport. Before the first of May, his boat costs 

 him twenty-five shillings a day, because the fishing 

 is better then, especially before the nets are put on. 

 After that date the charge is reduced to a pound. 

 He is not expected to provide lunch for the boat- 

 men. But, should he be kind enough to do so, he 

 is most earnestly requested not to give more than 

 a soda-water bottleful between the two. The con- 

 sequences of exceeding this fairly liberal allowance 

 are not stated. He may never have had a rod in 

 his hand before, except to fish for poddies, or, it 



