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seem to thrive well. Besides tlie picturesque and 

 the beautiful, there are some of the most wild and 

 gloomy views of nature which can be found in any 

 part of the United Kingdom. 



There are so many excellent fishing stations on 

 the Tay, and its many important tributaries, that it 

 would require more space than we have at command 

 to dwell upon them individually at any length. We 

 shall just dot down a few observations respecting 

 them, leaving the angling tourist, when he pays the 

 county of Perth a visit, to fill up the outline from 

 his own experience. 



Every angler has his own whims and fancies about 

 the most eligible sections of rivers and streams. For 

 our own part, we like the districts of the Tay which 

 lie between Dunkeld and Kenmore best, for general 

 trout fishing. It is a pleasant section of the water 

 altogether, and has within its range every form of 

 the running watery element which can interest the 

 practical eye of the rod-fisher. 



In the Dochart and Lochay are likewise fine ang- 

 ling streams. We have seen fine baskets of fish 

 taken in this direction. Almost any kind of flies 

 will prove tempting in this district. At Killin, 

 sixteen miles west of Kenmore, there is a waterfall, 

 which prevents salmon from getting higher up the 

 stream. They are often collected in great quantities 

 in this part of the river, and the country people take 

 them with bare hooks tied together, and let down 

 into the water by a plummet. There is likewise a 



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