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DUMBARTONSHIRE. 



Loch Lomond is the chief point of attraction in this 

 county. It measures from north to south twenty-three 

 miles, and is reckoned, as is well known, the finest 

 sheet of water in Great Britain. Pike, trout, and 

 perch, abound in all parts of it. The salmon also 

 ascends by the river Leven during floods. It af- 

 fords, however, no remarkable temptations to the rod- 

 fisher, although at certain times he may manage to fill 

 his creel without trouble. The Falloch, Luss, Fruin, 

 Uglass, and Snaid, are its principal tributaries from the 

 north and west sides. Endrick is received on the 

 south-east of the loch, and at the foot it discharges it- 

 self towards Dumbarton by the river Leven. These 

 streams abound in small trout, and the latter occasion- 

 ally contains salmon. In Glenfalloch we have caught 

 twelve dozen easily during a dry summer and unfavour- 

 able day. Besides Loch Lomond, a few small lakes 

 are to be found in Dumbartonshire, but none of these 

 are worthy of much notice. There is accommodation 

 for the angler at Auldtarnan Inn, on the Falloch Water, 

 at the head of the loch ; also, at Luss and Balloch, 

 on the lower extremity. 



CLACKMANNAN. 



The upper part of Devon, north of the Ochils, is 

 well stored with trout : farther down there are some 

 fine linns, but too rocky to contain good fish, and net- 

 ted not a little by the inhabitants of the district. We 

 remember, however, filling a large basket in the course 

 of a forenoon with the red professor, some years since, 

 above the Rumbling Bridge. The scenery in many 

 places is fine here pastoral, and there beautifully 

 wooded. There are inns at Muckart and Glendevon, 

 where the angler may reside. Salmon and sea trout 



