THE GRIMERSTA 



307 



Aug. 28. Naylor 

 Probyn 



Hansard 



Aug. 29. Naylor 

 Probyn 



Hansard 



Aug. 30. Naylor 

 Probyn 

 Hansard 



Aug. 31. Naylor 

 Probyn 



Hansard 



Sept. 1. Naylor 

 Probyn 



Hansard 



Naylor 

 Probyn - 

 Hansard - 



TOTAL FOR THE WEEK. 

 Salmon. Ib. 



- 143 856 



84 490 



- 106 680 



Sea Trout. 



12 



3 



3 



Sea Trout. 

 31 

 14 



Ib. 

 6 

 3 

 2 

 2 



4 

 2 

 3 



4 

 2 

 5 

 1 



Ib. 

 23 

 10 

 19 



333 



2026 



71 52 



H. L. HANSARD." 



A photograph of Mr. Naylor 's great catch hangs in the lodge at 

 Grimersta. John Mackay, the head keeper there, whose property it 

 is, has kindly allowed me to have it copied. 



The peculiarity of the Grimersta is that it holds spring salmon 

 and spring sea-trout. It is often doubted if such things as clean 

 sea-trout are to be caught anywhere in spring, but I think there is 

 no doubt about the matter here. Whether the fish remain any 

 length of time in fresh water is another matter, but both the condi- 

 tion and appearance of those fish, as well as the ultimate test of the 

 boiling pot, go to show that the sea-trout which are present in the 

 Grimersta in March are really of very high quality. The Chamber- 

 lain of the Lewis should be a connoisseur in the matter of sea-trout, 

 the species abounds so plentifully in these islands ; and I recollect 

 his saying that some Grimersta trout caught in March, which he ate, 

 were as fine as any he had tasted. Very few anglers are ever in a 

 position to test those waters in spring ; but the present lessee of the 

 Grimersta, Mr. George Pople, New House, Perth, has occasionally 

 visited the district with one or two friends, and some salmon mark- 

 ing has then been done in the district. I may say that one specially 

 interesting recapture of a Grimersta-marked fish was made at 

 Castleton, near Thurso, after an interval of five months. 1 



By the kindness of Mr. Orrock, the Chamberlain of the Lewis, I 



1 Twenty-fourth Annual Report Fishery Board for Scotland, Part ii., p. 67. 



