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The FLEET, flowing east, is a late river. Salmon 

 and grilse begin to run in July. When the water is 

 in order the sport is fair. Sea-trout are plentiful. 

 On the CARNACH, a tributary of the Fleet, there is, 

 at the Torboll Falls, a salmon pass, nearly four 

 hundred yards in length and ten feet wide on the 

 average. The fish go over the steepest part by 

 a series of twenty-three pools. 



The BRORA, also flowing east, is a splendid river. 

 Both in spring and in autumn it yields excellent 

 sport. The best fishing in spring is on the lower 

 part, where there is a succession of fine pools. This 

 part of the river the Duke of Sutherland reserves 

 for himself and guests after August 10 and in April. 

 Sport seems to be unfailing. The record for eight 

 years is as follows : 



1905 . . 382 



1904 . . 348 



1903 . . 449 



1902 . . 348 



1901 . . 831 



1900 . . 535 



1899 . . 282 



1898 . . 380 



From a hatchery at Carrol salmon and Loch- 

 leven trout are turned into the Brora every year. 



The INCHARD, a short stream flowing to the west, 

 yields, in July and August, fair baskets of salmon, 

 grilse, and sea-trout. 



The LAXFORD is much the best of the rivers 

 flowing to the west. Its sources are LOCH STACK and 

 LOCH MORE. Between Loch Stack and Loch Laxford, 

 only three miles, there are a dozen first-class pools. 

 These, in some years, have yielded from 300 to 350 

 fish between June and the end of the season ; but 



