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may not be used in landing fish. Other regulations are those 

 which every right-minded sportsman will be glad to agree to, 

 and concern legal fishing and the preservation of property. 

 It may be noted that the proprietor reserves power to interdict 

 any person whether possessed of a ticket or not, but any one 

 knowing the Duke of Richmond and Gordon knows that this 

 is merely a precautionary measure. 



The Deveron is fortunate in this, that it is not obstructed by 

 weirs or by natural falls. There is only one weir on the main 

 river, at Rothiemay ; but it is a low structure of rough stone 

 and only acts as an obstruction when the water is low, and 

 when in all probability fish would not in any case be running. 

 The Bogie, on the other hand, is rather badly obstructed by two 

 dam dykes, one at Stephen's Mills, a structure of stone and 

 cement with a very deficient fish pass, and the other at Brander 

 Brothers' Mills, which is a rough stone dyke without a fish pass. 

 In view of the pollution, and the fact that in these upper 

 tributaries gravid fish have to be considered, it is very desirable 

 that easy access to the pure waters above should be possible. 



