Reminiscences. 7 3 



through our waterproofs during the four-mile 

 drive, but luckily the weather moderated, and 

 we had an excellent day's fishing. With two 

 in the boat, we took 57 lb. weight of beautiful 

 fish, not large, but very game, and spotted 

 intensely red. It must have been a good day, 

 for many an angler tried his luck after our suc- 

 cess, but never came near that mark, at least 

 when we were there. Loch Assynt is more 

 attractive, however, inasmuch as the chances 

 of big fish are not remote. Trout of a pound 

 weight, and over, are not uncommon, while the 

 chance of a grilse adds excitement to the sport. 

 Then ferox, as we have said in a previous chap- 

 ter, are, comparatively speaking, not scarce, if 

 one cares to go in for trolling for them. But, 

 in any case, the angler is always sure of a 

 basket of lovely yellow trout. On the hills 

 behind the inn there is a small loch, called the 

 MuLACH-CoREiE, in which it is said that the 

 gillaroo trout are to be found. Whether they 

 are the real trout of that species or not, we 

 cannot say, but certainly they are beautiful 

 fish, pink in the scales, and running to large 

 sizes. We saw a basket taken by a friend, and 

 it was a treat to look at. The fish were all 



