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irregular, while the hills on either side rise well over 3000 feet. I 

 would fain have given a photograph of this ideal Highland glen with 

 its rushing, lovely river, but on the occasion of my last visit an 

 enveloping haze completely defeated me. 



About two-thirds of the way down through these open woods 

 another but much less formidable fall occurs the Daenie Fall. 

 The tail stream from a large and inviting-looking pool is suddenly 

 contracted as it passes a vertical wall of rock, and immediately 

 thereafter the water drops over a ledge with an appropriate amount 

 of fuss. On the right bank this ledge is between 6 and 7 feet high, 

 but it gradually slopes to the left bank, where the current has con- 

 siderably undercut its rocky wall, and is now only about 3 feet high. 

 The breadth of the river at this point is narrowed to about 20 feet, 

 and the current is therefore strong; but fish manage in suitable water 

 to ascend close to the left bank under the overhanging rock. It 

 would not be difficult to make the fall easier which sounds a little 

 like the congratulation given to the Irishman who had won the race. 

 His friend said he was glad he was first at last, to which the victor 

 replied that he was too, because he had always been behind before. 



The remaining waters of the Farrar go with Struy Lodge, and the 

 sport here is better than it is above, although under existing condi- 

 tions fishing does not begin much before July. When the grilse 

 reach Struy the sport seems to be excellent. In 1908, 121 fish were 

 taken in three weeks. The autumn's score is usually from about 1 20 

 to 160. The largest fish taken here was 19 Ib. The mouth of the 

 glen opens out to some extent, and many of the pools become more 

 " streamie," and the river bed and banks more gravelly and boulder 

 strewn. As already mentioned, the Struy fishing includes a good 

 section of the Glass. In the whole district this fishing comes next 

 in value to Beaufort Castle Water. 



The remaining sections are those of the main river Beauly, form- 

 ing first the extraordinary gorge in the old conglomerate, and lastly, 

 the open section of the river from the Lower Kilmorack falls to 

 the sea. 



The gorge in the Druim Pass is about three miles long, and is in 

 many parts so precipitous as to be quite inacessible to the angler. 

 There is, however, a break of some distance, and some nice water 

 reported to yield little, a short distance above Kilmorack. From the 

 public road, which winds up to the summit of the canon on the left or 

 north-west side, views are at intervals obtained of the great gap and 



