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after a stay of a fortnight or three weeks, I 

 found, as in most places where fishing is the 

 question, that little was to be done ; and, up to 

 the close of the season, the same result succeeded. 

 There was little or no fishing for salmon in the 

 Ness, that year, with the rod. The consequence 

 was, that we betook ourselves to trout, and we 

 had some very good sport on a small loch, about 

 seven miles from Inverness, Loch Ashtie, I 

 believe, but it must be fished with a boat, which 



Mr D. N 1, with genuine hospitality, sent 



up over night, in a cart, for our accommodation. 

 We found numbers of trout, and some of good 

 size, say 1^ Ibs. The angling not being good, 

 we had more time to spend, and we were much 

 gratified with visits to the fall of Foyers, and 

 also to those of Kilmorack. On returning, we 

 saw one or two poachers plying their vocation 

 with the otter. This consists of a piece of wood, 

 about two feet long, and about an inch-and-a- 

 half thick, leaded or keeled at bottom. Two 

 pieces of cord are then inserted at the side, fore 

 and aft. A triangle will thus be formed, say 

 two feet in length. To this you join a good 

 cord line, communicating, of course, with your 

 reel, or attached to the but-end of your salmon 



