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large hooks, " tria juncta in uno." These, the angler, 

 taking his position on a rock close to the cataract, drops 

 into the foaming water below, the spot where the 

 salmon generally rest having been pointed out to him. 

 On the plummet coming into contact with the bottom, 

 he merely requires to give a jerk upwards with his rod, 

 and should a fish, which frequently happens, be in the 

 way, he has every chance of getting hold of it. I have 

 seen the same mode of fishing practised in the Orrin in 

 Ross-shire, and I understand that, in certain states of 

 water, it proves very successful. 



The salmon-fishings in the neighbourhood of Killin 

 are let, on the average, for one hundred and fifty 

 pounds per annum. Besides the falls on the Dochart, 

 there is a splendid cataract on its sister stream, the 

 Lochay, three miles from their junction. 



LOCH TAY contains salmon, pike, trout, and chair. 

 The two former have been captured in it of the weight 

 severally of thirty-six and twenty pounds. A friend of 

 mine, some years ago, caught, while trolling near the 

 head of the lake, a common trout weighing eight 

 pounds. This sheet of water is about sixteen miles in 

 length, and in breadth above a mile; its depth, in 

 some places, exceeding six hundred feet. There are 

 excellent inns both at Kenmore and Killin, also a 

 small one at Lawers, and boats are kept for hire at the 

 head of the lake. 



Tay, on issuing from Loch Tay and passing Tay- 

 mouth the seat of the Marquis of Breadalbane, 

 receives the Lyon, a considerable stream, which takes 

 its rise from Loch Lyon, at a distance of forty miles 

 from where it enters the main river. I have caught 

 excellent trout in this water. It is also frequented, 

 during floods, by salmon. These are taken chiefly, 



