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river Ary, Loch Awe lies only a short distance to 

 the west, and the walk to it will be found pictur- 

 esque and pleasant. Dalmally is a suitable angling 

 station ; it places the tourist in the immediate vici- 

 nity of first-rate fishing waters. Loch Awe itself 

 is a splendid sheet of water for the rod. The most 

 frequented sporting station on its banks is Port Son- 

 nachan, which is twelve miles from Inverary. The 

 lake is between five- and- twenty and thirty miles in 

 length, but averaging little more than a mile in 

 breadth. It has a good supply of salmon, trout, 

 bull-trout, pike, charr, and the sea trout. The loch 

 is surrounded by lofty mountains of the most roman- 

 tic and wild description, the highest of which is 

 Ben Cruachan, whose base extends to Loch Etive, 

 and occupies an area of full twenty square miles. 

 The finest scenery on Loch Awe will be found at 

 its eastern extremity. Its banks are generally 

 sloping, well cultivated, and ornamented with tim- 

 ber. There are four-and-twenty small islands stud- 

 ded over its surface, some of which are very beauti- 

 ful, and well wooded. The loch is said to be, in 

 some parts, full seventy fathoms deep. 



There is a beautiful view of the Orchy, from the 

 old stone bridge that crosses it, near to Dalmally. 

 The clear streams, the rich pastures, and the moun- 

 tains in the distance, present as magnificent a pros- 

 pect as the eye of man can rest upon. 



Erom this point the mountain scenery is very im- 

 posing, and reminds the rambler of the romantic 

 character of some of the valleys of the Rhine, only 



