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are good stations for the angler at Beatock Inn on the 

 Annan, and Mosspaul on the Esk. Accommodation 

 also may be had at Lochmaben. 



WIGTONSHIRE. 



Many of the streams which flow in the south-west 

 of Scotland partake, in the lower districts, and as they 

 approach the sea, of the character of English waters. 

 They are deep and sluggish, containing pike arid other 

 dead-water fish in considerable abundance, although 

 in most of them trout and salmon are to be found. Of 

 rivers in Wigtonshire, the Cree, Bladenoch, Tarf, Luce, 

 and Cross, are the principal. Cree is well stocked with 

 salmon during the spawning season ; trout and smelts 

 are also to be caught in this water. A few salmon and 

 herlings frequent Badenoch and Tarf; besides these, 

 the latter breeds pike and trout in great numbers. 



This shire abounds in lochs. Those at Castle Ken- 

 nedy produce pike, perch, roach, and trout, along with 

 a few carp and tench. The other principal lochs, 

 mostly of the same nature, and containing the same 

 sorts of fish, are Maberry, Ochiltree, Castle Loch, 

 Mochrum, Ronnald, Dowalton, Appelby, and Eldrich. 



RENFREWSHIRE. 



The extensive encouragement given to manufactures 

 in this county has considerably injured the great pro- 

 portion of its rivers. In the lower districts of the shire, 

 fresh-water fish have become comparatively scarce, al- 

 though trout in some places are still to be found. The 

 chief streams in Renfrewshire are the White and Black 

 Carts, along with the Gryffe Water. Besides these, 

 we find the Earn, Calder Water, Shaw's Burn, Ard- 

 gowan, or Kipp Water, and the Rotten Burn, all of 

 which contain fish. Of lochs, the principal is that of 

 Castle Semple. 



