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be at once noticeable, and that through January, February, 

 and March the weekly mean varies less than a degree and a 

 half. The Garry curve, on the other hand, is not only at a 

 much lower level, but is subject to great fluctuations. The 

 temperatures become equalised in the third week of April. I 

 believe the Garry curve in this particular winter to be 

 exceptionally low. There were four weeks of continuous hard 

 frost in February, accounting for the deep V in that month. 

 The Upper Garry flows from Loch Quoich, a beautiful sheet 

 of water about 1\ miles long. On the northern shore of this 

 loch stands Glenquoich Lodge, which was tenanted for over 

 30 years by Lord Burton, and visited by the King in 1904 and 

 1905, during the stalking season. The river Quoich enters 

 about a mile beyond the Lodge, and drains the steep hills 

 between Cluny on the one hand and the head of Loch Hourn 

 on the other. It is a beautiful little mountain river, but of 

 little use for sport. The stream which enters the head of Loch 

 Quoich the Gairowan must be regarded as the source of the 

 river system. It rises on the high ridge of mountains which 

 form the watershed of the country, and which on their western 

 slopes overlook Barrisdale. The ridge is only some two miles 

 from the sea in Loch Hourn, and is the most westerly part of 

 Scotland's watershed. The source of the Gairowan is 65 miles 

 by river and loch from Inverness. Like the Quoich, this head 

 stream holds a few spawning fish in the autumn. The finest 

 spawning river of this upper district is, however, the Kingie, 

 which enters the Upper Garry rather more than a mile below 

 Loch Quoich, from the south. It rises on the slopes of Lochiel's 

 country, across the divide from Glen Dessarg at the top of 

 Loch Arkaig. The source of the Kingie and the source of the 

 Quoich are about equidistant from the mouth of the river, each 

 being about three miles short of the source of the Gairowan. 

 The glen of the Kingie is steep and wild, a splendid example of 

 a remote Highland fastness. The river is subject to very rapid 

 floods, but in many parts the spawning ground is very fine, and 

 the water is of course clear as crystal at all times. At Lochan 

 is the site of an old loch basin, and the river here becomes 

 still as it meanders through the old lake bed. There is no 

 lack of rain in the district. The beauties of the Kingie have 

 been quite lost to me by torrents of rain and a tempestuous 



