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from Loch Lee, is joined in its course by the Luther, 

 Cruick, West- water, and Tarf ; which, along with nu- 

 merous smaller streams, afford excellent trouting. South 

 Esk, a larger water, receives the Noran and Prosen, 

 Lemno and Carity, entering the sea at Montrose. Be- 

 sides the Esks, we find, belonging to this shire, several 

 streams of less importance, among which may be no- 

 ticed the Lunan, Finny Burn, Dighty, and Elliot : 

 joining Isla on the west, we discover the Dean, a dull 

 running water, abounding in very large red-fleshed 

 trout ; it should be fished early in March, before the 

 rushes, which grow plentifully in its course, appear 

 above the surface ; also the Kerbet, and Glammis Burn, 

 both of which are well stored with fish, and merit the 

 angler's attention. A few small lochs are to be met 

 with here and there. Among others, Loch Lee con- 

 tains large trout : Lochs Brandy and Churl also abound 

 with fish. Perch are found in the Loch of Forfar ; and 

 Rescobie, along with the Balgavies, is not without its 

 scaly inhabitants. 



STIRLINGSHIRE. 



The Forth, as we find it at Stirling, is only suited 

 for the net and coble. Higher up, salmon may be taken 

 with the rod : they are not, however, very plentiful, 

 preferring to ascend its tributary the Teith, a more rapid 

 and transparent stream. Pike and perch are found in 

 abundance, and many good trout frequent its sources. 

 Of tributaries, besides the Teith and Allan Water, it 

 has the Kelty and Duchray below Loch Ard, also the 

 Goodie from the Lake of Monteith. These are respect- 

 able angling waters, but by no means greatly stocked with 

 fish. Carron and Bannockburn run through this shire 

 the former, like the English rivers, slow and winding, 

 without many trout, being injured by numbers of bleach- 



