THE LOCHY 331 



The Lochy, with the exception of a short stretch on the lower 

 water lately acquired by Lochiel, belongs entirely to Lord Abinger, 

 and is let in beats. 



The lowest is beat 7, which extends from the Suspension Bridge 

 to the sea. This beat is let for the whole season in one period. 



Beat 6 is from the dyke at the Canal Pool to the Suspension 

 Bridge. In this beat Lochiel has now acquired two pools, but the 

 arrangement is that he leases the whole beat from the Abinger 

 Estate at the former rental, and is refunded a surn determined as 

 the value of his two pools. 



Beat 5 is from the tail of Garrybuie Pool to the dyke at the 

 Canal Pool. It is let in two periods, viz. from the opening (llth 

 February) to and including 9th August, and from 10th August to 

 the close of the season, 31st October. 



Beat 4 is from the head of the Pile Pool to the tail of Garrybuie. 

 It is let in the same manner as Beat 5. 



Beat 3 includes the lowest part of the Spean, and runs from 

 Spean Bridge to the head of the Pile Pool. This is the coveted 

 beat since it includes the famous Mucomer Pool. The beat is let 

 in three periods, viz. : 



(a) From 1st April to and including 31st May, during which 

 months the lowest section of the Spean does not contain 

 many fish, and angling is confined practically to Mucomer 

 and the stream below. 

 (&) From 1st June to 9th August. 

 (c) From 10th August to the close (31st October). 

 Beats 2 and 1 are referred to under the Spean. 



The right to net is reserved by the Abinger Estate, the limit 

 being 100 fish, but I understand that this right is not exercised, and 

 that practically the only river netting is in the close season for the 

 purpose of securing ova to stock the little hatchery at Corriechoillie. 

 I at the same time may plead guilty to a limited amount of close-time 

 netting for the purpose of marking fish. Of five fish marked at 

 Eoy mouth in November, 1907, one turned up at Minard at the 

 mouth of Loch Feochan, south of Oban, in July, 1908. 



The estuary is unnetted except at one small fishery opposite 

 Fort- William, which does not belong to the Abinger Estate. The 

 estuary extends down Loch Linnhe, a distance of about fourteen and 

 a half miles to Cuil Bay, from the westernmost point of which 

 (Eudha Mor) the line is drawn due north-west across the loch. 



