ElVER NESS. 



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Statement of the Number of Salmon Killed in the 

 Ness in Twelve Years. 



1819-1820 

 1820-1821 

 1821-1822 

 1822-1823 



Sal. 

 1215 

 1806 

 710 

 344 



Now it must be observed that the Ness never freezes, 

 even with the most intense frost. In the year 1807, 

 Avhen the thermometer at Inverness was from 23 to 30 

 and even 40 degrees below the freezing point, it made 

 no impression upon the river or the lake. " The Ness 

 (says Mr. Fraser) was always privileged earlier than any 

 river in Scotland from this cause ; and it will be evi- 

 dent that the Salmon taken in December and January 

 are the most valuable produce : for though they appear 

 to be only one third of the total number, yet from their 

 size they constitute more than half the weight." 



The most forward rivers in Ireland, I am informed by 

 the London fishmongers, and from other sources, are 

 those on the western coast. In England, perhaps the 

 Severn produces the finest Salmon during the Avinter 

 months ; and the Lord Viscount Clive, proprietor of a 



