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cies of trout, thick, short, very red in the flesh, and 

 averaging about half-a-pound in weight. These are 

 caught sometimes in considerable quantities. Loch 

 Nell is about seven miles in circumference, and is 

 connected by a small stream called the Clugh, with 

 an arm of the sea, denominated Loch Feochan. In 

 these separate waters very large trout are often 

 taken, weighing from six to nine pounds. Salmon 

 are likewise in abundance, and the Argyleshire 

 lanoclcs are to be found in great plenty. The yellow 

 trout, weighing from four to six pounds, are very 

 commonly met with in all the lochs and small 

 streams in the neighbourhood. In what are termed 

 the Black Lakes, about three miles from Oban, we 

 have seen several dozens of sea-trout, of good size, 

 taken in a very short space of time. There is a lake 

 called Killyheeran, opposite to Oban, in which there 

 is very rich, fat, red trout, in considerable quantities. 



There is a large section of Argyleshire laying to 

 the north- west of Loch Lihnne and Loch Eil, and 

 which is known under the names of Morven, Sunart, 

 Ardnamurchan, Ardgour, Knapdale, and Cowal, in 

 which there is a large sphere for rod-fishing, both 

 for salmon and trout. Loch Sunart, and two or 

 three small streams which run into it, and Loch 

 Shiel, which divides this county from Inverness, 

 abound with trout of a very large size and rich fla- 

 vour. All kinds of light and glaring flies are used 

 in this division of the Highlands. 



To the north of the opening of Loch Crenan lies 

 the district of Appin, in which are the streams called 



