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been taken in one day. There is tolerable rod-fishing 

 for salmon on this river, as high up as Edzel, where a 

 station, rented at fifty or sixty pounds, was formerly 

 maintained. 



SOUTH ESK has its sources in the parish of Clova, in a 

 loch of the same name. After a descent of sixty or 

 seventy miles, it enters the German Ocean at Mon- 

 trose. Besides Loch Esk, two other lakes lie situated 

 among the mountains where it rises, Lochs Wharral and 

 Brany; all three contain trout. Those in Loch Esk 

 are, many of them, large in size, and of good quality. 

 Sea-trout find their way up, in October, as far almost as 

 this lake. The tributaries of the South Esk are the 

 White-water, the Prosen and its feeders, Lednathy, 

 Glenoig, and Glenlogy the Carity, Lemno, Noran, 

 and Pow waters. These all contain trout, and are seve- 

 rally held in esteem by the anglers of the district. 



The fishings for salmon on the South Esk were at one 

 time very productive, those of Rossie yielding annually 

 ten thousand salmon and grilses. The present annual 

 rent of the Rossie fishings is about six hundred and 

 fifty pounds ; they have been let as high as eight hun- 

 dred pounds. Those of Usan were let lately for fifty 

 pounds, and the station at Boddin Point draws about 

 four hundred pounds. In the parish of Farnell, the 

 salmon-fishings fetch two hundred and fifty pounds. 



The LUNAN water proceeds through a chain of lakes, 

 Restenet, Rescobie, and Balgavies, which abound with 

 pike. It falls into the sea ten miles below the last- 

 mentioned loch. Along with its tributary, the Vinny, 

 it contains excellent trout, and a few salmon ascend it 

 in the spawning season. There are two fishings near 

 the mouth, which are let for about one hundred and 

 forty pounds. 



