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the Lake of the White Horse. This sheet of water is 

 held in high repute for the quality of its fish. They 

 are red-fleshed, and, on the average, weigh nearly a 

 pound. Of these, about a dozen and a-half are reckoned 

 a fair number to capture with the fly, in the course of 

 a forenoon. An islet at one end of Loch Nech Beann 

 was occupied, until lately, by a small heronry, but the 

 trees on which the nests were built having rotted and 

 given way, it is now, I understand, nearly deserted. 

 Still higher up than this sheet of water, lies a fourth 

 lake, not half a-mile in circumference. Its connection 

 with the others is scarcely traceable, except after heavy 

 rains. Here, I once captured with large flies eleven 

 trout, none of which were under two pounds in weight, 

 and the greater part of them above three. These were 

 planted about seventeen or eighteen years by the late 

 Capt. Murray, R.N., Craigdarroch, and originally taken 

 out of the feeder, at Loch Achilty. The whole stock 

 placed in the lake amounted to six dozen, and in the 

 absence of a sufficient breeding stream, no increase 

 evidently had taken place. 



Reverting to the Rasay, this river joins the Conan 

 about two miles below Contin. Few salmon rest in its 

 lower pools, which are of a sluggish nature, and their 

 principal inhabitants are pike. There is a salmon 

 fishing where the rivers meet, immediately above Moy- 

 ferry. The angling, however, until we arrive at the 

 cruive dyke, two or three miles further down the river, 

 is very indifferent. From this point to the sea, finnocks, 

 during certain months, are abundant, and occasionally 

 grilses and salmon-trout afford sport to the rod-fisher. 

 On the hills above Brahan Castle, and close to Strath- 

 peffer wells, are situated two lakes, Loch Kinellan and 

 Loch Ussie, both of which contain pike, but no trout. 



