284 THE SALMON RIVERS OP SCOTLAND 



200 feet in depth is cut up into four portions, and that over 

 250 feet in depth into three portions. The 50 feet basin extends 

 practically from one end of the loch to the other ; the 100 feet 

 basin stretches from 200 yards from the eastern end to beyond 

 Rudh'-an-Alt-toir, where the loch bends sharply to the south- 

 west." 



The maximum depth is 270 feet and, as the surface of the 

 loch is about 215 feet above the sea, it follows that the floors 

 of the three 250 feet basins are below the level of the sea at 

 Loch Inver. Some 29 per cent, of the loch, however, has a 

 depth of less than 50 feet near the shores. The shallows are 

 more noticeable on the north than on the south shore, the 

 various bays between the rather marked little peninsulas 

 varying from 10 to 30 feet, but no shallow bank of any kind 

 exists away from the immediate shore line. 



Inchnadamph Hotel has the right of fishing in Loch Assynt 

 as well as in the upper section of the river Inver before 1st 

 August, or other date which may from time to time be arranged 

 by the estate. 



The hotel also has a boat on little Loch Awe which, in 

 addition to the chance of a salmon, yields good red-fleshed 

 trout. The tenant of Loch Assynt Lodge also fishes Loch 

 Assynt and has the exclusive right on the upper section of the 

 Inver after the specified date. 



Mr. Wallace of Inchnadamph Hotel kindly supplies me with 

 the numbers of salmon and grilse caught by his visitors in 

 Loch Assynt, including a few fish from the river Loanan and 

 Loch Awe. 



1900 . . 23 



1901 . . 23 



1902 . 64 



1903 . . 18 



1904 . * ; 



1905 , , 21 



1906 . . 22 



1907 . . 21 



1908 . . 25 



This is practically an average of 31 fish. I have been 

 unable to get more recent figures. 



RIVER KIRKAIG 



This is a nice river, but a short one. Only 2| miles of it are 

 available for salmon fishing owing to a perpendicular fall about 

 50 feet high. There is about half a mile of river above, flowing 

 out of the Fionn Loch and a nice little bit of water, too and 



