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diately swallowed up and swept over the fall. I watched anxiously 

 the deep-eddying " Pot," where no human swimmer would have 

 much chance, and in a few seconds saw the little bird pop up like a 

 guillemot and paddle its way to a tiny ledge, up which it clam- 

 bered with difficulty, but apparently with unconcern. 



Below " The Pot " comes " The Long Cast," fished principally from 

 a short wooden platform on each bank, and then the Garry runs 

 in from the Pass of Killiecrankie, and the Tummel turns to the 

 right into the main south-easterly direction for its run of 9 miles 

 to the junction with the Tay. 



The river swings from side to side of the deep- wooded glen, 

 leaving beautiful banks of clean shingle at each turn. Faskally 

 House, with its fine museum of African and other big game trophies, 

 stands in a wide park on the left, at the foot of the prehistoric 

 river bank now covered with tall trees. 



Both Faskally and Bonskeid will probably soon have additions to 

 their extent of fishing, but of this later ; as it is, they share the 

 water between the falls to the junction, and then Faskally fishes 

 both banks to Cluny Bridge, a short distance above Pitlochry, and 

 two miles from the Garry junction, where the river becomes more 

 sluggish and deep between high rocky banks, and below which the 

 remaining pools of Faskally Water are let. There are good pools 

 below the junction, all fished from the bank except the Boat Pool, 

 just below the junction. The total capture varies a good deal, but 

 the best season of recent years resulted in about 100 fish 

 about 80 is said to be the average. On several occasions 7 fish 

 have been taken in a day. The beauty of the scenery and the fine 

 running character of the water must make Faskally a delightful 

 fishing even if the score be small. 



From Cluny Bridge, Fisher's Hotel, Pitlochry, has the right of 

 fishing for about a mile and a half, the right bank in part being 

 fished by Finab and Dunfallandy. This water is not so good as 

 Faskally, nor is it so interesting to fish, but fair sport is sometimes 

 had. 



The remainder of the Tummel goes with Easthaugh, one of the 

 Duke of Atholl's properties which is let on lease, and which holds 

 also the fishing rights on the Tay for some little distance above the 

 junction at Ballinluig. The Tummel section of this fishing is about 

 five miles in length, and has this advantage over the other Tummel 

 fishings, that a certain number of early fish enter and remain in the 

 deep pools till the rising thermal conditions of the rivers allows of 



