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the channels along which they move. They are de- 

 pendent also, the whole of them, upon the state of the 

 weather, and require, in order to induce the migratory 

 salmonidae to frequent them, the occurrence of floods 

 and certain positions of wind and tide. 



Of these, the rivers or streams, I shall only mention 

 a few by name, pointing out the localities or districts 

 they belong to. 



Falling into Loch Etive, besides the Etive, are the Kin- 

 las, Liver, Noe, and Esragans, greater and lesser. Into 

 Loch Creran are discharged the Creran, with its tributary 

 the Ure, the Buie, Tendal, and Dergan. Near Oban runs 

 the Euchar from Loch Scamadale, the Oude from Loch 

 Trallaig, &c. Regarding the lochs in this district, I 

 have received the subjoined details from Charles Ker, 

 Esq., who is well acquainted with them : " There are 

 numerous lochs from within one to four miles of Oban, 

 amply stocked with trout, which vary in quality, as the 

 bottom happens to be moss or gravel. The finest fish 

 are found in a small lake near Dunstaffnage, called 

 Donolly Beg Loch. These trout are all from three- 

 quarters to one and a half pound in weight, very 

 short, thick, and quite red in the flesh. It communi- 

 cates with the sea, but no white trout frequent it. The 

 next worthy of mention is Loch Nell, about three miles 

 east of Oban. It is nearly six miles round, and com- 

 municates with Loch Feochan, an arm of the sea, by 

 a small river called the Clugh. The trout here are 

 very large. I have seen them six and eight pounds 

 weight. There are also plenty of salmon, and shoals 

 of small sea-trout, called in Argyleshire banochs. In 

 this loch there are also plenty of charr. I recollect 

 seeing one upwards of one pound in weight, caught 

 by Captain Hamilton, R.N., of Oban. The ground 



