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and twenty pounds per annum. They belong to the 

 Honourable Mr. Scarlett. I have, on two or three 

 occasions, fished this with the trouting-rod, and met 

 with excellent sport. 



The Spean, its principal tributary, descends from 

 Loch Laggan, and is augmented in its course by the 

 Gulbin, Treig from Lochtreig and Ruiag waters. Be- 

 fore entering Loch Laggan, it is termed the Pattag 

 river. There are few fresh-water trout in the lower 

 portions of Spean, but where it leaves the lake, these 

 are very numerous, and some of them of large size. 

 Salmon ascend to within eight miles of Loch Laggan, 

 and were the rock which obstructs their further pro- 

 gress removed, the range of spawning ground would, 

 in all probability, become widely increased and the 

 Pattag converted into an excellent salmon river. The 

 trout of Loch Laggan are, many of them, large and 

 peculiar in the external colour. I have known them 

 to be taken there above eight pounds in weight, but it 

 is not unlikely that some of still greater size haunt its 

 feeding-grounds. This sheet of water is eight miles in 

 length, and upwards of one in breadth. The fishings, 

 I understand, are rented along with the shootings by 

 the Marquis of Abercorn. 



