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plenty of inns in its neighbourhood ; at Dalmally, Cla- 

 dish, Portsonachon, and other places. To fish Loch 

 Awe properly, a boat will be required, which can be 

 obtained for a reasonable hire. The boatman employed 

 is always competent to instruct one upon the likeliest 

 feeding grounds, and other such matters. We may 

 state that the best part of Loch Awe for the salmoferox 

 is above where the river Awe issues, and directly be- 

 low Ben Cruachan. In the rivers Awe and Urchy, 

 salmon abound ; the former, also, is much frequented 

 by whitlings. When inclined to leave this district, 

 the angler may strike in upon the military road, pass- 

 ing Queen's house and leading through Glencoe. This 

 he may do by proceeding up Loch Etive, and the 

 stream which falls into it, or in many other ways but 

 none certainly so romantic as this. Glencoe leads to 

 Loch Leven, an arm of the sea, and one from it may 

 proceed to Fort William, either by Ballychulish, or 

 by a mountain path through Glen Nevis, well worthy 

 to be preferred by the lover of nature. At Fort- Wil- 

 liam let him try the Lochy : he will find it, if slightly 

 swollen, a first-rate river, especially for sea trout and 

 grilses. From thence, he should proceed to Inverness 

 by steamer, and cross over about July to Sutherland, 

 or else strike aside to Loch Laggan, by the course of 

 the Spean. He will find near the head of the loch a 

 good inn, and a strange fish of a landlord. Dalwhin- 

 nie, above Loch Ericht, and Dalnacardoch on the 

 Garry, a short distance from Loch Garry, should also 

 be visited ; and passing through Blair Athol, the angler 

 may follow the stream down to where it meets with the 

 Tummel ; he should then hold up the vale of Tummel 

 to Loch Tummel, where large strong trout are to be 

 taken from a boat. At Kinloch Rannoch, a few miles 

 farther on, there is a good inn, and the angling on some 



