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number of first-rate streams in the several counties lying between 

 this extreme point of the kingdom and the cities of Edinburgh and 

 Glasgow. Should the angling traveller, when he comes to the 

 vicinity of the Murray Firth, take the whole route of the Cale- 

 donian Canal as a fishing excursion, he will meet with many 

 interesting waters, where fine trout and salmon fishing can be 

 obtained. He will likewise have an opportunity of ascending some 

 of the liigh mountains in this locality, such as Ben Nevis, and the 

 mountain of Mealfourvonie. " The view from the summit of this 

 last lofty hill," we are told, "is of vast extent, and highly impres- 

 sive. We stand in the midst of an amphitheatre of mountains, 

 old as the creation, and command a view of the Caledonian Valley, 

 or Great Glen of Albin. The whole^ course of the canal, with its 

 chain of lakes Loch Ness, Loch Oich, and Loch Lochy, are all 

 placed at our feet, extending in a direct and silvery line of sixty 

 miles. Six lakes, and numerous tarns and pools, lie in front ; and 

 in the ^orge, through which the river Poyer rushes, the top of the 

 fall is visible like a white streamer." 



The rivers and lochs of Cromarty, Elginshire, and Banffshire, are 

 in considerable repute among south country anglers. The Find- 

 horn has a range of sixty miles, and affords the rod-fisher an 

 exquisite ramble. It passes Torres about two iniles to the west. 

 The water springs out of high and mountainous grounds in Liver- 

 ness-shire. It is a wild and^turbulently running stream. The 

 yellow trout are here found in great abundance. It has many 

 considerable feeders, which are themselves connected with lakes 

 Ml of trout, pike, perch, and all kinds of bottom fish. < Salmon 

 fishing with the rod has. of late years, been prosecuted with great 

 success on this splendid river. The stream called the Nairn is in 

 the same locality, and has a range of very fair angling waters in its 

 course. It falls, like the Einclhorn, into the Moray Eirth. 



The Spey is one of the chief rivers of Scotland; it rises from 

 Loch Spey, in Invernesshire. Lochs Alvie, Morlich, Rothiemurchw, 

 .Pittcnlish, and Garten., all containing large trout and pike, are in 

 the immediate vicinity of the higher streams of this noble river. 

 Its banks are, in many localities, extremely grand and imposing. 

 It has several feeders, as the Dulnain, the Fiddich, and the Aven. 

 All these are fine trouting waters ; and some fine salmon-fishing 

 can be, at suitable seasons, plentifully enjoyed. There cannot be 

 a more interesting ramble with a rod than along the entire banks 

 and tributary waters of the Spey. There are various convenient 

 spots for lodgings and refreshments ; and the masters of these 

 establishments are very ready to give the stranger any information 

 he may require. 



The Lossie is an agreeable river to throw a line on : it runs 

 through Loch Trevie, and has a connection with several other sheets 

 of water. The length of the river is about twenty-five miles. 



In entering Aberdeenshire, we have a ready access to a batch 

 of splendid streams. Prom the town of Aberdeen, celebrated for 



