406 THE SALMON RIVERS OF SCOTLAND 



the observance of the Salmon Fishery Bye-laws. As a result, 

 hecks have now been placed on the lade, and the firm have 

 undertaken to see to the due and proper closing of their sluice 

 when the water is not required. Also a fish-pass has been 

 formed by the firm in their dam- dyke in virtue of a special 

 arrangement entered into between them and the salmon fishery 

 proprietors. 



In 1907, in the Bladenoch district, 1,019 fish were taken in 

 Wigtown Bay by fixed net, 214 at the mouth of the river by 

 sweep net, and 56 fish were taken by rod. This may be 

 regarded as representative. 



THE CBEE 



ANGLING SEASON: llth February to 31st October. 

 NETTING SEASON: llth February to 26th August. 



District Fishery Board meets in Newton- Stewart. 



There are two head streams in this district. One slightly 

 larger than the other is named the Cree, the other is called 

 the Minnock. The former has its source in shallow and isleted 

 Loch Moan, some 700 feet above sea-level, and within a mile 

 of the Kirriemore Burn, which is the head water of the Minnock. 

 The Cree bends away to the west for some distance before it 

 works round to its prevailing S.E. direction. Its total course 

 from Loch Moan to the head of Wigtown Bay at Creetown is 

 26 miles. The greater part of the course forms the boundary 

 between the counties of Kirkcudbright and Wigtown. 



A lonely road, and a long and hilly one, passes Loch Moan 

 as it crosses the hills from Maybole through Carrick to Newton- 

 Stewart. This road follows the course of the Kirriemore Burn 

 and Minnock for 5 or 6 miles, then bends to the west and 

 crosses the Cree at Bargrennan, about 2 miles above the 

 junction of the two head streams. The Cree here is a rather 

 stony and straggling stream, but rather less than a mile above 

 Bargrennan Bridge a rather serious fall occurs, which acts as 

 a material obstruction to the passage of fish. At times salmon 

 congregate in numbers below this linn, and are somewhat 



