356 TAY AND ITS TRIBUTARIES. 



Tay being thus reinforced by rivers of no small mag- 

 nitude, proceeds majestically onwards, in the direction 

 of Dunkeld. Not far from where it travels, and on a 

 line nearly with Loch Broom, lies to the left a chain 

 of lakes, all of which eventually connect their waters 

 with the Tiber of British rivers. These are commonly 

 termed the Dowally lochs, and comprise Loch Ordie or 

 Ard, noted for its fine trout the Loch of Craiglush 

 Loch of the Lows Butterstone Loch Lochs Rotmel 

 Oishnie Cluny, and Drumellie. The latter abound 

 in pike and large perch ; one or two also are said to 

 contain trout of great size. These lochs are connected, 

 most of them, by the burn of Lunan, which falls into 

 the Isla, but as they border upon the district I am 

 treating of, I have thought proper to refer to them at 

 present. They are, I believe, those at least which 

 belong to the Duke of Athol, strictly preserved and 

 fished of course, oftener and more diligently than they 

 would be, especially by keepers and their friends, were 

 they thrown open to anglers in general. 



On arriving at Dunkeld, Tay is joined by the Braan 

 water, which has its source in Loch Freuchie a well- 

 known and much-frequented trouting loch. The fish 

 there are not large, but lively, and of good quality. 

 There is an excellent and commodious inn at Amulree, 

 in the neighbourhood. A great number of small lochs 

 skirt the elevated ground, along the course of the 

 Braan, and are easily traced by the rivulets they dis- 

 charge. Some of these tarns contain pike and perch, 

 and others trout of good quality. The Braan is not a 

 first-rate angling stream, but is celebrated for its 

 cascades and fine scenery. 



After leaving Dunkeld, Tay proceeds about ten miles 

 in a circuitous direction, when it meets the ISLA a 



