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toward the north-west, and so into the sea at 

 Taynuilt. 



There are several excellent hotels on the shores 

 of Loch Awe, all of them much frequented by fisher- 

 men, but the principal one is the Loch Awe Hotel, 

 situated at the head, and overlooking the estuary 

 of the Orchy. It is a fine building, commanding 

 a magnificent view, and during the season many 

 tourists find their way there ; but in the spring 

 and early summer months it is given over to the 

 angler. There are perhaps other hotels which are 

 more conveniently situated for the trout fisher, but 

 undoubtedly the Loch Awe is placed amidst the 

 finest surroundings. The angler who stays there 

 finds himself in what may be termed the mouth 

 of the Pass of Brander when he has rounded 

 Innischonan — a large island situated a mile and 

 a half to the west of the hotel, and almost 

 touching the mainland. From this point he will 

 see an arm of water stretching away to the north- 

 west for three or four miles, ever narrowing like 

 a funnel as it recedes into the distance, until 

 it becomes a restricted, gloomy strait, a couple 

 of hundred yards wide, with high and almost 

 perpendicular crags on the left hand, while the 



