174 THE SALMON RIVERS OF SCOTLAND 



Other netting stations exist near the mouth of the river the 

 Friars Shot, the Cherry Shot, and the Longman's Grave. These 

 nets were at one time removed by the Ness Angling Association 

 of which more presently but have been restored by the 

 insistence of Inverness Municipality. 



For a great many years the river Ness has been regarded as a 

 summer and autumn river only. As a matter of fact, when 



Weekly Mean Temperatures of Rivers Garry (Inverness -Bhire) and Nesa, 

 Winter, 1901-1902. 



netting was steadily carried on the effect was that while a 

 certain number of early fish ran through the river into the loch 

 and on to the Oich and Garry, they chiefly did so, in many 

 years, before the netting season commenced. Many of the fish 

 taken in the Garry in February are well coloured. Others 

 were netted out, and the remainder were not over numerous. 

 In addition to this the temperature of the river Ness is relatively 

 high I have found the mean in spring to be 4 higher than the 



