122 



varied and romantic picture, seldom to be surpassed 

 in these mountainous countries. The angling in all 

 these hilly districts is excellent ; and in the deep 

 pools, which are every way met with, if ruffled with 

 a gentle curl from any point of the compass, fine 

 large trout can be caught with the fly. In such 

 places, the fish are generally found in clear weather 

 about the skirts of the pools, especially if there be 

 large stones in their beds, or their sides be clothed 

 with shaded trees or bushes. 



Below Dunkeld there are a number of lakes con- 

 nected with the Tay, which abound with trout, pike, 

 perch, &c. The principal of these are Loch Ard, 

 Loch Craiglush, Loch of the Lows, Butterstone Loch, 

 Loch Eotnel, Loch Oishnie, Loch Cluny, and Loch 

 Drumellie. The stream called the Braan, springing 

 out of Loch Freuchie, contains good trout. 



The river Isla, which falls into the Tay, is 

 a fine fishing stream, in all its localities. The 

 feeders to this water are the Dean, the Ericht, and 

 the Sunan. These are all first-rate rod-fishing 

 waters. 



There is good fishing in the Ericht, in the vici- 

 nity of Blair Go wrie. The beautiful valley of 

 Strathm^re is about eleven miles long and about 

 eight wide. The windings of the river are exceed- 

 ingly interesting ; for they seem peeping out from 

 intervening objects, and resemble a number of small 

 lakes scattered over the plain. 



There are the remains of several Druidical tem- 

 ples in the parish. At the back of the manse, in 1 796, 



