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him and his progeny, until the third or fourth 

 generation, the right of fishing in the water which 

 adjoined his land. 



The river Tummel where it issues from Loch 

 Rannoch is not a firstrate trouting stream, although 

 there are some nice-looking pools which hold plenty 

 of good fish, but they are not easy to catch. Below 

 the beautiful Falls of Tummel, however, the salmon 

 fishing, particularly in the charming stretch known 

 as the Faskally Water, is often extremely good. 

 The drive up the valley from Pitlochry by Loch 

 Tummel is very beautiful, and it is well worth the 

 visitor's while to approach Kinloch- Rannoch by that 

 route, in spite of the distance being a good deal 

 farther than from Struan, or even Blair Atholl. 



III.— THE HISTORY OF A LIE 



In past years Loch Rannoch possessed a great 

 name for the large salmo ferox which it contained, 

 whereas it was affirmed that salmon seldom, if ever, 

 entered the loch, and were never caught there. 

 That a few salmon do surmount the difficulties of 

 the Falls of Tummel is a well-known fact, as parr 

 are frequently caught in the river quite near to 



