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The name given to it is the goldie ; in length it is only 

 four or five inches, and when taken out of the water, 

 has a rich golden colour which undergoes a succession 

 of beautiful hues, before the fish expires. Lifted up in 

 the hand it appears almost transparent, and its struc- 

 ture is peculiarly delicate. A considerable number of 

 gold and silver fishes were, some years ago, introduced 

 into Loch Eck by Mr. Wilsone of Benmore. The 

 fishings on the Eachaig belong to Mr. Campbell of 

 Monzie. 



In the district of Appin, are the Coe, Coinich, 

 Duror, Laroch, and Leven, abounding, in their season, 

 with salmon and white-trout. The fresh-water trout 

 of all these streams are small. Near Inverary, are the 

 Ary and Shira waters, of the same character, but there 

 are several lakes in the vicinity, those, for instance, on 

 the hill of Killian, which produce good trout. 



The inns in Argyleshire are numerous; but the 

 angler from the south must not expect the mountain 

 mile to resemble that of the level turnpike ; and a loch 

 or river, although reported and mapped out as situated 

 in the vicinity of a good station, is not always, he will 

 find, to be reached in the course of a few strides. 



The LOCHY issues by a new channel cut for it, from 

 Loch Lochy, and meets the Spean at Mucomre Bridge, 

 a short way further on. On reaching Gearlochy, the 

 combined streams once more return to their natural 

 bed, and after running a course of nearly eight miles, 

 fall into the sea above Fortwilliam ; where the Nevis 

 river also discharges its waters. Lochy was at one 

 time in good repute for its rod-fishings, and still, in 

 respect to sea- trout, maintains its character; but the 

 cruive-dykes greatly obstruct the run of larger fish. 

 In 1842, the fishings were rented at three hundred 



