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Keeping by the coast from the Sutherland side of 

 the county, we meet with the rivers Langwell and 

 Berridale, which join close to the sea, near to the 

 village of Berridale. The Langwell has a fishing 

 range of about eight miles, and is a good stream for 

 salmon and trout at particular seasons of the year. 

 The Berridale has a longer sweep, running fifteen 

 miles, and even more if we make our calculation from 

 its highest springs, situated in the vicinity of Bar 

 Fin. About half-way of its course, it has a connec- 

 tion with Loch-na-Baranach, in which there are some 

 good-sized trout. 



In passing from these two rivers, and going north 

 in the direction of the sea- coast, there are no streams 

 of any note till we get to the Wick, with the excep- 

 tion of a few burns or rivulets not worth the angler's 

 notice. The Wick has a run of about sixteen miles, 

 and springs out of the high grounds in the vicinity 

 of Loch Scarmelet, which it flows through, and then 

 enters a large sheet of water called Loch Walter, in 

 which there are a considerable portion of fine trout. 

 The river then flows on for about ten miles, till it 

 enters the British ocean, at the town of Wick. 



Five miles north of Wick, is the Water of Wester, 

 which flows through a loch of the same name, and 

 is likewise connected, to the north, with Alterwall 

 Loch, in which there are good- sized yellow trout, 

 and pike of large dimensions. The Wester stream is 

 of no great note. It enters the sea at Sinclair's Bay. 

 Scarlet Loch, and Loch Yarrows, are in this vicinity, 

 and contain good trout. 



