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miles long, and which contains salmon, grilse, and 

 trout. The Naver is a favourite water for the rod, 

 and the scenery on its banks is exceedingly beautiful. 

 Its tributaries are the Mallart, Skelpick Burn, and 

 Langdale Burn. 



The Borgie river rises out of Loch Elam, and is 

 connected with Loch Cragie, and Loch Looghal. 

 There are salmon, grilse, and yellow trout in these 

 waters, and, in general, very good rod fishing. 



One of the richest treats which an angler, with 

 any spark of sentimentality about him, can have 

 in this district, is to ascend one of the lofty moun- 

 tains in the vicinity, and take a look at the setting 

 sun in the month of August or September. How 

 splendidly does the luminary sink beneath the mighty 

 waves of the Atlantic ! The heavens melt into a 

 magnificent softness. 



" But lo ! the day declines, and to his couch 

 The sun is wheeling. What a world of pomp 

 The heavens put on in homage to his power! 

 Romance hath never hung a richer sky, 

 Or sea of sunshine, o'er whose yellow deep 

 Triumphal barks of beauteous form career, 

 As though the clouds held festival, to hail 

 Their god of glory to his western home."* 



"What constant pleasures a man may derive from 

 the contemplation of the sky ! What wonderful 

 pictures are daily nay, almost momentarily, pre- 

 sented to his eye pictures, in fact, which throw 

 into the shades of utter insignificancy, the most 



* Poems, by the Rev. Robert Montgomery. 



