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goes with Braulen Lodge and is let on long lease. About 60 

 fish are got each year, and most of them are of light weight. 

 I believe the great majority of the fish are grilse. A fish 

 weighing 12 to 14 Ib. is considered heavy, although the present 

 tenant has repeatedly taken fish of 16 Ib. His best day was 

 obtained in 1908 when eight fish were killed. 



Two small lochs now occur in the course of the Farrar, Loch 

 Muilinn, which is 418 feet above sea-level, and a mile lower 

 down Loch Bunacharan, 367 feet. Thereafter the river passes 

 through the most beautiful and varied part of this fine glen. 

 Fir and birch clothe the lower slopes, the trees being sufficiently 

 open to allow of deep heather growth. Everywhere the ground 

 is much broken and irregular, while the hills on either side rise 

 well over 3,000 feet. I would fain have given a photograph 

 of this ideal Highland glen with its rushing, lovely river, but 

 on the occasion of my last visit an enveloping haze completely 

 defeated me. 



About two-thirds of the way down through these open 

 woods another but much less formidable fall occurs the 

 Daenie Fall. The tail stream from a large and inviting-looking 

 pool is suddenly contracted as it passes a vertical wall of rock, 

 and immediately thereafter the water drops over a ledge with 

 an appropriate amount of fuss. On the right bank this ledge 

 is between 6 and 7 feet high, but it gradually slopes to the left 

 bank, where the current has considerably undercut its rocky 

 wall, and is now only about 3 feet high. The breadth of the 

 river at this point is narrowed to about 20 feet, and the cur- 

 rent is therefore strong ; but fish manage in suitable water 

 to ascend close to the left bank under the overhanging 

 rock. 



The remaining waters of the Farrar go with Struy Lodge, 

 and the sport here is better than it is above, although under 

 existing conditions fishing does not begin much before July. 

 When the grilse reach Struy the sport seems to be excellent. 

 In 1908, 121 fish were taken in three weeks. The autumn's 

 score is usually from about 120 to 160. The largest fish taken 

 here was 19 Ib. The mouth of the glen opens out to some 

 extent, and many of the pools become more " streamie," and 

 the river bed and banks more gravelly and boulder strewn. 

 As already mentioned, the Struy fishing includes a good section 



