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water I have never fished. Arrangements have been 

 made for taking the nets off. Therefore, looking to 

 the past and the sport that has been got on the river, 

 I think there is very little doubt that in a year or 

 two it will rank as one of the best salmon rivers in 

 Scotland. This seems to be the general impression 

 of those in the neighbourhood. The lower portion 

 is let with the Dalmally Hotel. Then eomes the 

 piece let with Succoth shooting; next, the Craig 

 water ; then the Inveroran water, let with the Inver- 

 oran Hotel ; next, the Auch water, let with the Auch 

 shooting; finally, the water that belongs to Black- 

 mount. The river will be immensely improved by 

 the falls on the Kinglass having been blasted. The 

 removal of the obstruction has opened up a consider- 

 able extent of very fine spawning ground." 



The AWE and other waters in a very wide region 

 which includes it are favourably reported on by the 

 Duke of Argyll. The course of the Awe, very brief, 

 is thrilling. Almost every yard of the four miles, 

 from the loch in which it rises to the arm of the sea 

 into which it falls, looks as if it must be the holt of 

 a salmon. The river is rapid, and seems hardly ever 

 to be low. The mountainous, wild aspect of the 

 country on either side is very grand. There is 

 netting on the river; but neither on that account 

 nor on any other is there much serious hindrance 

 to the natural habits of the salmon. Some of 

 the fish are very large. The Duke states that one 

 caught last season weighed 42 Ibs. It must have 

 put the captor to the extremity of his strength and 



