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a god. Such is the Deity. So he fills the heavens 

 with pictures, strikes through them with effacement, 

 that he may find room for the expression of the end- 

 less riches of the Divine ideas of beauty and majesty. 



The Kinloch, a short stream, runs into the Kyle 

 of Tongues. The Ehians Burn contains a number 

 of small trout. 



The Hope and the Strathmore streams enter Loch 

 Hope. The Grudie falls into the Kyle of Durness, 

 a good fishing water for salmon and trout. The lochs 

 in this vicinity are Dionard, Borralie, and Crosbole. 

 The small streams called the Shinery and Kearvaig 

 waters enter the ocean near to Cape Wrath, and are 

 full of fish. 



Turning to the west, we meet with several lakes 

 in which there is first-rate fishing ; but they all pre- 

 sent the same leading features as those we have just 

 mentioned. The entire range of coast in the western 

 side of Sutherlandshire is one continued chain of 

 angling waters. The chief of these are the Inchard 

 river, Loch Loxford, Loch Stack, and Lochs Lead- 

 vuam, Dhu, and Cuil. 



The benefits, in point of health, which an angler 

 derives from his daily perambulations among the 

 lakes and rivers in such a country as that we have 

 just gone over, are incalculable. He grows stronger 

 and stronger daily. He seems to get a new lease of 

 his life ; to obtain a firmer grasp of his earthly 

 tenure of office. The vital principle seems inspired 

 with a renewed energy and vigour. By the way, 

 what an active and mysterious agent this principle is, 



