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parts of the loch is reckoned excellent, as it also is on 

 the Gawin, and Loch Lydoch. Crossing the hills to 

 the south, a forenoon's walk will bring him to Glen 

 Lyon, down which he should angle his way to Fortin- 

 gal, and in the evening settle himself at Kenmore on 

 Taymouth. Instead, however, of following the course 

 of Tay towards Dunkeld, we would advise him to pro- 

 ceed by the loch side to Killin, from thence to Loch 

 Earn Head, the Trosachs, Lochs Chon and Ard, Stir- 

 ling and Edinburgh. Should he, however, prefer visit- 

 ing Sutherland and Ross-shire, by Inverness, we would 

 leave him to select his own route, aware that he can 

 scarcely go amiss after good sport among the numerous 

 waters of these northern districts. The Shin, Oikel, 

 Ewe, Carron, and others, are all, in their season, good 

 salmon rivers, and the salmoferox inhabits many of the 

 large reservoirs and lochs. Good humour and perse- 

 verance are the angler's two good angels, and without 

 these his pastime becomes a torment, and our advice 

 of no value. 



CAITHNESS. 



The extreme north of Scotland will not disappoint 

 the venturous angler, provided he meet with favourable 

 weather and flooded rivers. Without rain, he must 

 confine himself wholly to loch fishing, which, during 

 summer, is certainly the most satisfactory. Caithness, 

 like the neighbouring counties, is well watered, both by 

 streams and reservoirs. Of the former, the more im- 

 portant are the Forss, Thurso, Wick, and Berry dale 

 waters, all of which are frequented by salmon. The 

 lesser streams are Dunbeath, Langwall, a tributary of 

 Berrydale, Wester water, and the burn of Rattar from 

 Loch Sciste. The lochs in this shire are Lochs Hallen, 

 Watten, Lochs More, Scirach, Sciste, Calder, Ruard, 



