THE ALNESS 



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salmon and sea-trout have an opportunity of ascending freely ; but 

 if the summer is dry, the nets are able to take a very heavy toll. 

 Below the railway viaduct, but some little distance up the river, a 

 dam dyke occurs by which water is carried to Dalmore distillery. 

 There is a simple form of fish-pass, and the intake of the lade is 

 guarded against the descent of smolts by a heck of stout woven 

 wire, giving diagonal apertures half an inch across. So far as I 

 know, this is the only smolt heck of the kind in Scotland, and it is 

 interesting to learn locally that it gives no inconvenience if cleaned 

 every day. The water of this lade is not returned to the river, but 

 is carried from the distillery to the sea. On the other side of the 

 river also a distillery exists Teaninich and from this also water is 

 carried through a meadow to the sea without return to the river. 



By the kindness of the proprietors, I am able to show the present- 

 day catch of the river in the following list : 



Teaninich. Novar. 



Salmon and Grilse 



1904 - 



1905 - 



1906 - 



1907 - 



1908 - 



Sea Trout 



1904 - 



1905 - 



1906 - 



1907 - 



1908 - 



11 

 11 

 14 

 13 



36 

 37 

 55 

 41 



4 

 12 



40 

 30 

 13 

 25 



Ardross. Dalmore. 



An 



occasional 

 salmon 



or 

 grilse 



Average 

 130 

 to 

 150 



