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are both trout and bottom fish of all kinds. One of these. Loch 

 Bmia-ch, has an abundance of char, and no less than seven distinct 

 species of the trout. 



In the southern sections of Inverness-shire, there are many 

 lochs and streams where the angler may fish for weeks, and never 

 feel anything like lassitude or uneasiness. The principal of these 

 inland lakes are Loch Quoich, n Loch Arkoss, Loch Chmie 3 Loch Shiel, 

 Loch Eylt, Loch Duicli, Loch Houni, &c. 



Penetrating into Koss-shire, we have again a great extent of 

 waters before us, all admirably fitted for angling sport of the most 

 exciting kind.^ The river Conan has a run of thirty miles. It springs 

 out of a lake in one of the most mid and desolate-looking districts 

 of this mountainous country ._ This stream is joined by the Meig. 

 Loch Ledgowan, in this vicinity, abounds with large trout, which 

 . are commonly caught by trolling. The_ Conan flows through Loch 

 Luichart, a sheet of water of six miles in extent, in which there is 

 capital fishing sport. The river Orrin enters the Conan three 

 miles from Coutin. Here, likewise, there is good trouting. 



In the western division of the county there are fine sheets of 

 water, well stocked with trout, pike, and a fair portion of salmon. 

 The chief of these are Loch Ling, Loch Carron, into which the river 

 Carron runs, Loch Taniff, Loch Maree, and Loch Broom. There are 

 good accommodations in the neighbourhood. 



Still pressing northward, the county of Sutherland presents an 

 imposing piscatory ramble, of nearly seventy miles in length by 

 fifty_ in extreme breadth. Here, an angler may spend an entire 

 fishing season most delightfully. All kinds of fish are to be had; 

 and the sublime scenery in the vicinity of many of the lakes and 

 , rivers has such an effect upon the mind of the tourist, that it leaves 

 an impression which lasts to the end of his clays. 



The Oikel has a run of thirty miles, and is an excellent river for 

 trouting, more especially in its higher streams. This river springs 

 out of a wilderness that seems like chaos itself. There is a good 

 turnpike road by its side for full twenty miles; and in this ]mrt of 

 Scotland this is by no means a very common sight. In the vicinity 

 of Ben More, the Casley falls into the Oikel, and augments its 

 size considerably. 



In the locality we are now treating of, there is a group of lochs 

 amounting to upwards of two hundred, varying in extent from one 

 to fourteen miles each. These are all comprehended within a 

 comparatively small distance, say, perhaps, of forty miles in cir- 

 cumference. It is an exceedingly delightful ramble to worm one's 

 way throughout this mighty maze of still sheets of water, and to 

 dip a line in here and another there, in such secluded and 

 picturesque lakes. This is a favourite trolling district for many 

 of the noted Scottish anglers ; and very large sized trout are 

 captured, weighing sometimes fourteen or fifteen pounds. 



The river Carron, which enters the Darnock Firth at Bonar 

 Bridge, is a good angling spot. There are good fishing lochs in 



