352 TAY AND ITS TRIBUTARIES. 



where the streams are rough and rapid, near the falls 

 of Sput-ban and Moar. Valuable pearls are found 

 both in the Lyon and Dochart rivers. 



After receiving the Lyon-water, Tay sweeps on 

 through a highly picturesque country, for a distance of 

 twenty miles, before it becomes again augmented by 

 any stream deserving of attention. There are a few 

 small lochs, containing trout on the heights above, 

 which communicate with it as it passes, but none of 

 these merit the regard of the sportsman. As an ang- 

 ling river, during this or indeed any part of its 

 course, it is entitled only to a moderate share of 

 praise. Although frequented by salmon in consi- 

 derable numbers, these, generally speaking, are shy of 

 the hook, nor is the nature of the water and the dis- 

 position of rocks and channel such as to encourage 

 them to rise freely. By local anglers, however, well 

 acquainted with their haunts, they are taken occa- 

 sionally of great weight. The yellow trout in this por- 

 tion of Tay, are by no means numerous, but they 

 acquire considerable dimensions. The best lure -for 

 them is the spinning minnow, and in clear water, a 

 fine red worm. Immediately below Logierait, the 

 TUMMEL enters. 



This river, the largest tributary of Tay, forms the drain 

 to a vast extent of Highland territory. It takes its 

 rise properly beyond the moor of Rannoch, on the 

 south side of Glen Etive, not far from Kingshouse 

 and is there designated the Gauer or Loud Sound. 

 Augmented in its course, by numerous hill-burns, it 

 swells out quickly into a considerable stream, and after 

 passing through several smaller lakes, including Batha, 

 a beautiful sheet of water, two miles long, enters Loch 

 Lydoch. The situation of Loch Lydoch is wild and 



