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This statement is inspiringly suggestive. The 

 extent of river fished was well under three miles. 

 Even now the Teith and many another stream could 

 be speedily restored if only the salmon had a fair 

 chance, which would not ultimately cost any one a 

 penny. 



LOCH VoiLj a very beautiful water from which 

 flows the river that maintains Loch Lubnaig, suffers, 

 of course, from the causes mentioned by Lord Esher, 

 Mr. Baillie Hamilton, and Colonel Robertson ; and 

 so does LOCH DOINE, which is connected with Loch 

 Voil by a short channel. Still, as the angler some- 

 times finds when he is hoping for trout only, salmon 

 are not as a rule scarce in spring. Grilse, however, 

 are not to be seen in Voil or Doine. Their absence, 

 I learn from Mr. Stewart-Macdonald of Monachyle 

 and Craigruie, is due to their inability to leap over 

 the Falls of Leny. " In a dry season," Mr. Stewart- 

 Macdonald writes, "the fish lie in the pool below 

 the Falls and make the water boil. If a pass were 

 built over the rocks, or the rocks were blasted, grilse 

 as well as salmon would have a free run."" That 

 would benefit the whole system of lochs and rivers, 

 the lower as much as the upper. " The otter," my 

 informant adds, " is a bad poacher on the Leny and 

 the Teith." 



The CLYDE, the LEVEN, and LOCH LOMOND have 

 now the advantage of being cared for by an Associa- 

 tion of sportsmen having headquarters in Glasgow. 

 Mr. Henry Lamond, the energetic Secretary, writes: 



"Until the Clyde is purified it must remain 



