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The Spey passes through Loch Inch, and at a 

 short distance is joined by another feeder called 

 Fleshie Water, which springs from the hills in the 

 neighbourhood of the Forest of Badernoch, and has a 

 sweep of about fifteen miles. It is a good trouting 

 stream in the summer months, when its waters are 

 in order. In the immediate vicinity, and connected 

 with the Spey, are Lochs Alvie, Morlich, Kothiemur- 

 cus, Pittenlish, and Garten, which contain trout and 

 pike in considerable quantities. The streams of the Spey 

 from Kingussie to Aviemore, where there is an Inn 

 for the accommodation of travellers, are of a first- 

 rate character for rod-angling. The banks of the 

 river in this section of its course are exceedingly 

 beautiful. We have every here and there stripes of 

 well-cultivated land ; while in the distant landscape 

 the Grampian mountains tower with majestic gran- 

 deur, their bases being well clothed with dense 

 forests of waving pine, and their summits present 

 the most bleak and inhospitable aspect. 



The Dulnain river pours its waters into the Spey 

 about a mile and-a-half above Gran town. This tri- 

 butary springs out of the mountains of Manash Lea, 

 and has a trouting range of about twelve miles. On 

 the Banff side of the Spey, we find another of its 

 feeders, the Aven, which runs a distance of nearly 

 forty miles, through a highly romantic and interest- 

 ing locality. Its feeders are Livet, Crombie, and 

 Tcrvie waters ; besides, several small lochs are con- 

 nected with it, in which there are both fine trout 



