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water considerable, since from Mucomer onwards the water 

 of the Spean is added. The artificial channel between the loch 

 and Mucomer, to which reference will presently be made, is 

 not worth fishing, as no attempt seems ever to have been made 

 to create lies for fish, and the channel as it exists is shallow and 

 uniform. 



The Lochy, with the exception of a short stretch on the 

 lower water lately acquired by Lochiel, belongs entirely to 

 the Abinger Trustees, and is let in beats. 



The lowest is beat 7, which extends from the Suspension 

 Bridge to the sea. This beat is let for the whole season in one 

 period. 



Beat 6 is from the dyke at the Canal Pool to the Suspension 

 Bridge. In this beat Lochiel has now acquired two pools, but 

 the arrangement is that he leases the whole beat from the 

 Abinger Estate at the former rental, and is refunded a sum 

 determined as the value of his two pools. 



Beat 5 is from the tail of Garrybuie Pool to the dyke at the 

 Canal Pool. It is let in two periods, viz. from the opening 

 (llth February) to and including 9th August, and from 10th 

 August to the close of the season, 31st October. 



Beat 4 is from the head of the Pile Pool to the tail of Garry- 

 buie. It is let in the same manner as Beat 5. 



Beat 3 includes the lowest part of the Spean, and runs from 

 Spean Bridge to the head of the Pile Pool. This is the coveted 

 beat since it includes the famous Mucomer Pool. The beat is 

 let in three periods, viz. : 



(a) From 1st April to and including 31st May, during 

 which months the lowest section of the Spean does 

 not contain many fish, and angling is confined 

 practically to Mucomer and the stream below. 

 (6) From 1st June to 9th August, 

 (c) From 10th August to the close (31st October). 



Beats 2 and 1 are referred to under the Spean. 



The right to net in the river is reserved by the Abinger 

 Estate, the limit being 100 fish, but I understand that this 

 right is not exercised, and that practically the only netting is 

 of an unauthorised kind not unfamiliar to certain lieges of 

 Fort-William. 



The estuary is unnetted except at the head of Loch Eil, 



