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four-hours tramp of Loch Ordie there are 

 Loch Derculich, Loch -na- Craig, Loch 

 Oyl and Loch Kennard, both near Loch- 

 na-Craig, and Loch Skiach, on Kinnaird. 

 All these waters are approximately on 

 the same high level, and in all of them 

 the trout are red. On the other hand, 

 Loch Doine, Loch Voil, Loch Lubnaig, 

 and Loch Tay, in the same county, and 

 Loch-an-Beie, just over the border in 

 Argyll, lie low, not much above the sea ; 

 and the trout in all of them are pale. 

 How is the difference to be accounted 

 for ? Does it show that feeding is better 

 on the hills than in the vales ? It might 

 indeed be thought to do so were there 

 not a disturbing consideration. The 

 mountain trout, ruddy though they be, 

 are not so game as the white trout in the 

 lochs below. What are we to make of 

 it ? Are we, after all, to think that the 

 better feeding is on the hills ? We could 

 not think that without thinking also 

 that rich fare makes trout comparatively 

 feeble. Are we to think that the better 



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