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skill. There are so many jagged rocks in the 

 lively stream that the chances are with the fish. 

 The river is somewhat peculiar in that it is neither 

 late nor early. The best time is from May until 

 the end of August. The Duke's rights in the Awe 

 are derived from charters granted by The Bruce. 



LOCH BAA, in Mull, three miles long and three- 

 quarters of a mile broad, has salmon, salmo-ferox, 

 sea-trout, and brown trout. The salmon, which rise 

 well, are rather small. The best fish of last season 

 was a grilse weighing lOf Ibs. The trout are heavy. 



The BAA, a three-mile river flowing through the 

 loch, yields good sport of the same kind. 



LOCH ASSAPOL, a small water in Mull, seems once 

 to have yielded salmon ; but now the Duke of 

 Argyll speaks only of grilse and sea -trout. A 

 stream flows through the lake. I gather that sport 

 is fair both on the running water and on the still. 



LOCH DHU, near Inveraray, is affected at the 

 lower end by the tides of the sea. Being connected 

 with the salt-water, it has a peculiar race of brown 

 trout, plumb and strong. Sea -trout are often 

 abundant, and 1 am told that in favourable seasons 

 good baskets of grilse are to be expected. 



The SHIEA, rising in the Accurach Hills, and 

 falling into Loch Fyne, is reserved by the Duke of 

 Argyll for his own use. After rain in July, or in 

 August, or in September, it yields as good baskets 

 of grilse and sea- trout as ever. 



The ARAY, which rises in the Hills of Tullich and 

 falls into Loch Fyne, holds many grilse, which now 



