402 THE RIVERS OF THE DORNOCH FIRTH. 



Loch-leam-na-clavan. It is situated betwixt Ben 

 Griam-more and Ben Griam-beg, and possesses, as well 

 as numerous charr, trout of great size. Lochinruan, 

 Ascaig, and a number of others, are also plentifully 

 stocked with both of these descriptions of fish, but 

 there are no pike in any of them, or indeed, with the 

 exception of Migdale loch, throughout Sutherlandshire. 



The salmon of Langwell and Berriedale are re- 

 markable for the fineness of their quality. These 

 rivers unite, when about two hundred yards from the 

 sea, and, as is the case generally throughout Scotland, 

 the breed of fish native to the one, are rarely to be 

 found in the other. The fishings of Berriedale were 

 rented not long ago by the Messrs. Hogarth, of Aber- 

 deen, for the annual sum of two hundred and seventy- 

 five pounds. The herring-fishings, now removed, were 

 said to affect the salmon-fishings in this quarter very 

 considerably, and a comparison has been instituted, in 

 regard to the produce of the latter, betwixt Dunbeath 

 and Berriedale; the former river, which, in other 

 respects, seems the preferable station, drawing a rent 

 of only twenty-seven pounds. The fishings on the 

 Berriedale and Langwell rivers belong to Mr. Home, 

 of Langwell, those on Dunbeath, to Mr. Sinclair, of 

 Freswick. 



The river of WICK flows from Loch Watten, and 

 after receiving a small tributary from Loch Toftingall, is 

 further increased by the burns of Bilbster and Hauster. 

 The fishings on this river are much on the decline; 

 so also are those on the Wester water, although both 

 streams are occasionally visited by salmon and sea- trout. 



The salmon-fishings on the river and bay of Thurso 

 are let for about one thousand pounds. The angling, 

 however, is precarious, and at the best, very indifferent. 



