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Lochs of the 



Outer 



Hebrides. 



Other small 

 lakes. 



in Donegal (YV. E.-J.). Except in short, 

 strong runs, it also renders fishing hope- 

 less in the Upper Tawe, Carmarthenshire 

 (W. W. F.), and as a rule it also puts a 

 stop to trout fishing on Loch Leven 

 (W. R.). 



" In the lochs of the Outer Hebrides," 

 writes Major Boulton, " it is seldom any 

 good fishing for salmon in bright sun- 

 light. Out of over 200 caught in three 

 seasons in a loch in the Lewes, I do not 

 think that more than a dozen were caught 

 when the sun was out, and these were all 

 small fish." Of sea-trout, on the other 

 hand, he and a friend took upwards of 500 

 in one season in the Lewes, and under 

 all conditions, but the best baskets were 

 always made on dull days. 



That bright sunshine is more fatal in 

 small, still lakes than in running water is 

 only what we should expect. Sir Douglas 

 Brooke tells me that he has a small lake 

 on his grouse mountain so crammed with 

 very small trout that he has before now, 

 " without fishing very energetically," killed 



