PART III. 



THE NORTH & NORTH- WESTERN DIVISION. 



EMBRACING THE COUNTIES OF DUMBARTON, STIRLING, ARGYLE, PERTH, 

 ABERDEEN, BANFF, NAIRN, INVERNESS, Ross, SUTHERLAND, AND 

 CAITHNESS. 



are now about to enter upon our third great 

 angling route, or, we ought rather to say, an entire 

 series of routes, which are by far the most varied, 

 and, to many minds, will prove the most interesting 

 of any we have yet treated of. The vast range of 

 waters we are now about to describe, are fitted to 

 inspire high hopes, and heart- stirring adventures; 

 and to those who visit, for the first time, the nor- 

 thern parts of the kingdom, a new sense is communi- 

 cated. Never will the young angler forget the 

 lively sensations experienced on the first glimpse of 

 Highland scenery. The sight is unique ; the feelings 

 and emotions of delight carve out new channels for 

 themselves ; and he wonders that the refreshing and 

 invigorating novelty should have been so long hidden 

 from his eyes. His soul is elated beyond measure, 



