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The angler, along the lower portions of the Teith, is 

 much incommoded by trees and steep banks, below 

 which he has to wend his way with caution and con- 

 siderable difficulty. Good yellow trout are taken, by 

 means of the spinning minnow, throughout the course 

 of the river. In the Keltic and Bracklinn-burn, also in 

 Stanck-burn, which falls into Loch Lubnaig, I have 

 met with tolerable sport. There are two ponds on the 

 braes of Doune containing pike and perch, Lochs Wat- 

 ston and Loch Maghaig. A cruive-dyke extends across 

 the Teith at Doune Castle, fitted with boxes for catching 

 salmon. The rent it draws is a mere trifle. 



Of the streams which enter Forth higher up, the 

 largest proceeds from Lochs Chon and Ard. The trout 

 of these lochs weigh from one to four pounds, and are 

 esteemed equal in flavour to the fish of Loch Leveii. 

 They have been captured of the last-mentioned weight 

 by W. Macdonald, Esq., of Powderhall, in Lochs Chon 

 and Arklet, the latter communicating by a small stream 

 with Loch Lomond. Pike are sometimes caught here, 

 weighing from fifteen to twenty pounds. Loch Dron- 

 kie, which empties itself into Loch Vennachar, lies at 

 no great distance. It contains fine red-fleshed trout, 

 half-a-pound and upwards. Farther down, the Forth is 

 joined by the Goodie water, from the lake of Monteith. 

 In it, and particularly in the lake itself, sometimes 

 called Inchmahome Loch, fine trout exist. These, 

 however, are not very abundant, and of remarkable 

 shyness. Pike were at one time plentiful here, but are 

 now on the decrease, having been thinned with nets. 

 Loch Husky, in the neighbourhood of Inchmahome, 

 produces this fish and abundance of perch. There are 

 two or three other small lakes not far off, but none of 

 them merit the angler's attention. 



