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as much as three or four pounds each. These afford 

 good sport to the angler, and ascend the river about 

 eight miles, as far up as Darnegap, where there is a 

 waterfall that obstructs their further progress. The 

 fishings of the Luce belong exclusively to Sir James 

 Dalrymple Hay, Bart., of Park Place, and are generally 

 reserved for fly-fishing, and rented by Sir John M'Tag- 

 gart, M.P., and a gentleman named Telford. We can- 

 not boast of good loch fishing in Wigtonshire, where 

 the lochs generally contain nothing but pike, and in 

 some instances perch and roach. Good trout are some- 

 times caught in Loch Eldrig in Mochrum, of about one 

 or two pounds, but they are not plentiful." 



The salmon of the DEE are held in high estimation. 

 Besides Mr. Murray of Broughton, the Earl of Selkirk 

 and burgh of Kirkcudbright possess fishings in this 

 river; these are rented for about two hundred and 

 thirty pounds. The pearl-mussel is very plentiful in 

 the Dee. 



I may mention that the angling in many of the rivers 

 and lochs of Galloway is held in reservation, and that 

 permission is required from the proprietors of the lands 

 and fishings, in order to wield the rod over them. Inns 

 are situated in various parts of the Stewarty and its 

 neighbouring shire, but chiefly in or near to small 

 towns or villages : such as New Galloway on the Ken, 

 Castle Douglas near the Dee, and Newton Stewart on 

 the Cree. 



FINIS. 



