266 THE SALMON RIVERS OF SCOTLAND 



No. 5. From Steep Brae Stream to low end of Parapet 



Pool. 

 No. 6. From low end of Parapet Pool to Apagill Burn, 



opposite old cruives. 



The whole river is now, however, owned by Mr. Midwood. 

 In the tidal water below the road bridge the public, including 

 visitors staying at Bettyhill Hotel, are allowed the privilege of 

 fishing. In the summer time, I understand, a good many sea- 

 trout may be got here. 



The Mallart, the tributary which joins the Naver a short 

 distance below the loch, is a river 6| miles in length. It flows 

 out of Loch Car'-an-Thearnay at the foot of Ben Klibreck. It 

 descends about 325 feet in its short course, and is a pretty 

 rough stream. A fall which exists near the mouth was formerly 

 a serious obstacle to the ascent of fish, but in 1900, and again 

 in 1901, blasting operations were carried on, and fish now 

 ascend without great difficulty when the river is at proper 

 height. 



RIVER BORGIE 



This little river flows out of a chain of three lochs which are 

 situated north of Loch Naver, and about midway between 

 Altnaharra and Tongue. Separated from the Lower Naver 

 by a ridge of rocky land, the Borgie winds in a north-easterly 

 direction, converging towards the Naver, and enters the 

 western extremity of Torrisdale Bay. Between the mouths 

 of the two rivers, as already indicated, there is about a mile of 

 most beautiful sandy beach. The New Statistical Account 

 has it that " There is a salmon-fishing upon the water of Borgie 

 where on an average 2,000 fish are caught yearly," but that was 

 in 1845. 



There is a considerable tidal lagoon behind the sandy beach 

 of the bay, and, on the western side of this, where a wild little 

 burn enters, the village of Torrisdale is situated. On ascending 

 the course of the stream the channel soon becomes narrow and 

 rocky, and some distance above the first bend a rather serious 

 fall occurs. It is not an insuperable barrier to fish, but is 

 quite sufficient to prevent ascent so long as the river water 

 remains cold in spring. Except in unusually mild seasons fish 



