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of the tenant's operations just described, is that a most productive 

 summer fishing has also been brought about. Take, for instance, 

 the spring and summer rod results of Borrobol for six years before 

 and after the Badanloch Loch was opened (1901), kindly given me 

 by Mr. Frank Sykes, than whom no one has had longer associations 

 with the river. 



BORROBOL RESULTS. 



Year. 



1895 - - 



1896 



1897 



1898 - * ; 



1900 - ' 



1901 - i ; ' 

 1902 



1903 r/ 



1904 " : - 

 1905 



1906 

 1907 

 1908 



Quinquennial averages of the Borrobol totals since 1878 are as 

 follow : 97, 184, 109, 136, 156, and 183. 



Mr. J. B. Taylor, tenant of Salzcraggie and Torrish, and who acts 

 as secretary of the Helmsdale Tenants' Association, has kindly given 

 me the returns showing the takes from 1905 onwards, separated into 

 months and into the upper and lower divisions of the river. These 

 results are for the whole river. They do not correspond quite 

 precisely with the figures already given. 



April. 

 6 

 Lower, - 228 



1905/FPP er > 



234 



I Upper, - 

 I Lower, - 229 



229 



Upper, - 49 

 Lower, - 177 



226 



Upper, - 8 

 120 



May. 

 112 

 104 



216 



150 

 162 



312 



191 



84 



275 



54 

 59 



June. 



117 



62 



179 



164 

 43 



207 



143 

 50 



193 



69 

 38 



July. 

 43 

 57 



100 



82 

 59 



141 



57 

 53 



110 



39 



70 



Aug. 

 14 



27 



41 



46 

 76 



122 



59 

 43 



102 



Sept. 

 17 

 15 



25 

 19 



44 



128 



113 



107 



109 



