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angling from the side, betwixt three or four dozen in 

 the course of a forenoon with a red professor of the 

 ordinary size. 



The streams running into Conan below Loch Lui- 

 chart are, besides the Basay or Black-water, the Meig 

 from Strath-Conan. and, lower down, the Orrin. I am 

 not acquainted with any prime salmon pools on the 

 Meig, except those in the neighbourhood of Scatwell, 

 and immediately below a rocky and dangerous pass, 

 over which the fish only occasionally find a transit. 

 The trout in this stream are generally insignificant, 

 as also are those found in Orrin, although we believe 

 well-sized ones are now and then to be captured in 

 the upper parts of both waters. 



Immediately above Loch Luichart, the Gradie river 

 falls into Conan, issuing from Loch Fannich, a con- 

 siderable extent of water. Loch Fannich contains 

 numbers of small trout, and possibly a few of great 

 size. It is, however, scarcely worthy of the angler's 

 attention, being situated in a wild, pastoral, unaccom- 

 modating district, and not readily approached even 

 by the pedestrian. The Strath-Bran lakes, although 

 frequently angled on, and some of them stored with 

 pike, are infinitely superior. 



Besides these, a small tarn, lying upon the hill- 

 path betwixt Scatwell and Achnanault, is by no 

 means to be overlooked. There are twain together, 

 but I allude to the more northernly ; for although 

 angling in both, I failed to discover fish in the other. 



