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dish, and Portsonachon, a comfortable lodging-house 

 has lately been erected nearly opposite to Kilchurn 

 Castle, and boats provided expressly for lovers of the 

 sport. At Bunaw, also, beds can be procured. Oban 

 and Inverary, along with many places of minor note, 

 furnish excellent accommodation ; and the angler will 

 hardly be at a loss for lodgings, should he apply at the 

 numerous boat-houses and cattle farms scattered in 

 all directions over the county. 



INVERNESS-SHIRE. 



We may extend the remarks we have made upon 

 the rivers in Argyleshire, to many of those in this 

 county. They are mostly too rocky to breed good 

 yellow trout, while they abound in salmon and whit- 

 lings. Ness is the largest river, running through the 

 shire, and teems with fine fish. Contending with it, 

 the Spey, on entering Elgin, takes the lead. The 

 smaller, but by no means inconsiderable waters, are, 

 the Lochy, running into Loch Eil at Fort William, 

 the Beauly, the Sheil, the Foyers, the Garry, the 

 Coiltie, the Glass, the Morriston, the Enneric, and 

 the Kinnie, all of them choice streams, and affording 

 excellent sport to the angler. The Findhorn and 

 Nairn have their sources in this county. A large red 

 professor with gold tinsel is taken with avidity by the 

 sea trout in these waters. Green silk bodies we have 

 found also to be very killing, especially in the lochs 

 which are every where scattered throughout Inver- 

 ness-shire. The principal are, Lochs Ness, Oich, 

 and Lochy, Laggan, Ericht, and Treag, in the south ; 

 Ashley, AfFairie, Duridelchalk, Bruiach, Benevran, 

 Clunie, Luing, Ruthven, Garry, and others, with 

 Lochs Quoich, Arkaig, and Shiel, lying to the west. 

 Loch Laggan and others contain char and a very fine 



