CHAPTEK XIII. 



THE NESS DISTRICT. 



RIVER NESS, LOCH NESS, RIVER MORISTON, RIVER OICH, LOCH 

 OICH, AND RIVER GARRY, LOCH GARRY AND LOCH QUOICH. 



ANGLING SEASON : 2nd February to 15th October. 

 NETTING SEASON : llth February to 26th August. 



District Fishery Board sits in Inverness. Clerk, Duncan Shaw, Esq., W.S., 

 15 High Street, Inverness. 



THE EIVER NESS. 



THE Eiver Ness is about six miles long, and flows from Loch Ness 

 to the sea in Inverness Firth. Coming as it does from one of the 

 largest and deepest lochs in Scotland, it contains a great body of 

 water, and, in its short course with 52 feet of fall, presents a fine 

 swinging current with a succession of long running pools and broken 

 streams. Just above the town of Inverness it divides into several 

 channels to encircle " The Islands," the unique public park of the 

 capital of the Highlands. These beautifully wooded islands, linked 

 together by suspension bridges, so that one may walk from one to 

 the other and so cross the river, present in themselves some 

 beautiful views, and at the same time enable one to enjoy the 

 prospect of a clear flowing river from its very midst. 



As lochs Ness, Oich, and Lochy form the chain through Scotland 

 opened for navigation by the Caledonian Canal, we have in the Ness 

 and the Lochy districts certain features not found elsewhere in the 

 country. Close to a considerable part of the river the Canal runs 

 to the loch at Dochgarroch, and close to this a retaining weir of 

 great extent forms the sill or outlet of the river from the loch, and 

 at the same time maintains the necessary water level for navigation. 

 This extreme north end of the loch is a diverticulum, and receives 

 the separate name of Loch Dochfour, since, like the highest stretch 



