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THE EIVEB TAY. 



This beautiful salmon river is the principal 

 one in Perthshire, in its course it expands into 

 Loch Tay, on leaving which it finds itself a 

 channel and becomes rapid for miles ; it has a 

 long course, passing the towns of Dunkeld 

 and Perth, and falls into the sea at Dundee. 



The river Erne, after a long and rapid course 

 falls into the Tay below Perth. There is also 

 the "Timel," at the pass of Cillecrankey, on 

 the road to Inverness from Dunkeld, and is 

 fourteen miles from the latter place, there is a 

 small inn close to the river, in which there is 

 good trout fishing; the coach from Perth 

 stops here to change horses and breakfast ; it 

 is a fine rushing stream. And also the 

 "Keith," at Blair Dummond, where there is a 

 very high waterfall, the sound of which can be 

 heard at some distance ; it falls into the Tay. 



There is excellent angling for salmon and 

 sea trout in the river Tay, five or six miles 

 above Perth, in September and October; the 

 white trout are in abundance in this river in 

 the latter month ; the salmon run very large in 



