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As an additional sanctuary for salmon fry a small loch or pond 

 close to Glen Etive House is to be requisitioned as a rearing place. 

 With this and the operations already referred to a very considerable 

 increase will accrue shortly to the growing salmon stock, and as 

 smolt-marking operations are already commenced, a most interesting 

 test will in course of time be made of the benefits of these most 

 carefully considered operations. 



The opening up of Dalness Fall would no doubt add spawning 

 ground to the river, but the fall is a serious one of about 20 feet, and 

 is, moreover, surrounded by high rocky banks which do not very readily 

 lend themselves to pass-construction. A short distance above the 

 large fall, also, are several smaller obstructions, while three miles 

 further up there is another serious fall of about 13 or 14 feet. After 

 this there are no obstructions to speak of, and a run of water some 

 4J miles as far as Kingshouse. 



THE ADD. 



ANGLING SEASON : 16th February to 31st October. 

 NETTING SEASON : 16th February to 31st August. 



This little river really occupies a position of considerable distinc- 

 tion. It is not, perhaps, a famous salmon stream. I dare say many 

 people fairly conversant with Scottish geography never heard of it. 

 The distinction comes to it because of the way its name is spelt. In 

 any alphabetical list of Scottish rivers it comes first. Therefore, in 

 the bye-laws scheduled to the Salmon Acts, the duties of the Com- 

 missioners are stated, and are then expressly carried out with refer- 

 ence to the river Add, and then follows this instruction : " The same 

 bye-law shall apply to the several districts, according to the limits 

 thereof, and take effect from the date undermentioned respectively." 

 In this way the Add figures most prominently with regard to the 

 limits of its district, limits of its estuary, the annual close time, the 

 " slapping of its fixed nets during weekly close time, and so on." 



The name Add appears to be derived from the Gaelic Avon- 

 Thada, i.e. long river, so called in Gaelic, it is understood, because 

 Ptolemy, in his famous exploration of our savage land, called it 

 Longus Fluvius though how Ptolemy, in his senses, could do such a 

 thing I cannot think. It is only 16 miles long. It rises from a 

 number of small burns on the hills behind Furnace on Lochfyne 

 side, and takes a direction, behind those hills, parallel to the long 

 axis of Upper Lochfyne. It has here a rapid and rocky course, 



