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to get over them. There are fine yellow trout in 

 the river below these falls* 



The Garry, springing from Loch Garry, has a run 

 of thirty miles, and the Erochkie, the Bruar, and 

 Tilt, are its chief feeders. There is beautiful fly- 

 fishing in all these streams, and almost any kind of 

 flies may be successfully used. 



On the banks of the Garry stands the residence of 

 the Duke of Athol. The house was once fortified, 

 but is now a splendid modern building. There are 

 charming walks in the vicinity, and deep glens finely 

 wooded. The York cascade is a magnificent object, 

 and is most appropriately situated in the midst of 

 beautiful scenery. Five miles south of Blair Athol 

 is the famous pass of Killiecrankie. It is very nar- 

 now, placed between two high mountains, with the 

 river running below, through a dark and rocky 

 channel, overhung with thick foliage, which imparts 

 to the whole scene a tinge of the awful and horrid. 

 Yet, a little beyond this, the landscape opens out 

 like fairy land, and sheds a lively and cheerful feel- 

 ing over the fancy and imagination. 



It is a somewhat difficult path to pursue this river 

 into its more elevated localities. Success, however, 

 will amply repay the trouble. We see rocks pic- 

 turesquely grouped, between which the winding 

 stream rushes and breaks with great violence. The 

 top of these rocks, in some places, and the more 

 level banks of the river, are clothed with shady 

 trees on one side, and on the other are broken 

 into steeps and rugged rocks, which compose a 



