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den, are worthy of mention, being nowise insignificant, 

 either as regards their size or quality. Like the others, 

 they are frequented by the salmon and sea trout, and 

 breed numbers of fresh -water fish. The lochs within 

 the stewartry, although not extensive, are very nume- 

 rous, many of them well stocked with trout and char, 

 and others filled with pike. The principal are, Lochs 

 Ken, Grannoch, Rutton, Milton, Auchen-reoch, Loch- 

 invar, Loch Dee, Moan, Enoch, Dungeon, Trool, 

 Greenoch, Skerrow, Whinyan, and Glentoo. 



DUMFRIESSHIRE. 



The Nith, Annan, and Esk, are the principal rivers. 

 Nith rises in the county of Ayr, entering Dumfries- 

 shire at Corsincon ; it is reckoned, in some parts, a 

 good salmon water. Of tributaries it has the Euchan, 

 which falls into it near Sanquhar, the Minnick, Carron, 

 Scarr, and Cluden ; most of these, especially near their 

 sources, abound in trout ; salmon and herlings also as- 

 cend them during spring and autumn. 



Annan rises from a hill betwixt Peeblesshire and 

 Dumfriesshire. Its character is pretty much the same 

 as that of the Nith, although, perhaps, it offers along 

 with its feeders more choice angling. Below MofFat, 

 Evan and the MofFat Water are its first tributaries ; the 

 latter is much lashed, and contains few yellow trout of 

 any size, although the par and such small fish are very 

 abundant. The Wamphray, Kiimel, and Ae, the 

 Dryfe, Milk, and Mien Waters, successively enlarge 

 the Annan before it enters the Sol way Firth. 



The Esk of this county is formed by an union of the 

 Black and White Esks, at Kingpool, in the parish of 

 Westerkirk. It is afterwards increased by a number of 

 streams, not unworthy of attention. Of these, the 

 principal are, the Meggat and Stennis, the Ewes, 



