210 Observations upon the Salmon in Loch Shin. 



pair upon the Tyrie have not been seen since. They are in 

 a large pool, and cannot be seen sooner than the first speat 

 (flood) remove them up the river. There is no doubt of 

 their all spawning this season, whether or not they return 

 next season. The river has abundance of excellent spawning 

 fords." 



" Invershin, Feb. 2. 1836. — According to your orders, I 

 carried salmon to the Tyrie, the Fiag, and the Corrie. On 

 Aug. 28. I put three pairs in the Tyrie ; on Sept. 2. 1 put one 

 pair in the Fiag ; and on Sept. 8. I put three pairs in the 

 Corrie River. I placed a man on each of these rivers, to 

 watch their progress, who saw them frequently on the rivers, 

 before they commenced spawning. We put the Tyrie salmon 

 in the first pool above the Shinness Road : one pair went up 

 to the ford above Dalnichie before spawning, and the other 

 two pairs spawned about a mile below Dalnichie. The pair 

 put into the Fiag ascended the river about four miles from 

 where they were put in. Of the three pairs put into the 

 Corrie River, one pair spawned at the junction of a burn 

 which divides the property of Her Grace the Duchess from 

 Poyntzfield's estate; and the other two pairs higher up the 

 river. So whether the salmon actually return to the same 

 river where they spawn and were spawned, another year will 

 determine, as all we carried up have done very well this 

 season." 



" Invershin, Oct. 24. 1836. — As our watchmen at the top 

 of Loch Shin have not noticed that they have seen salmon 

 spawning in the Fiag River, and, as we put in fish in that river 

 this season, I intend to go up to-morrow and have a general 

 inspection of all the rivers in that quarter, that we can be 

 certain to speak of the salmon returning back to their mother 

 rivers." 



" Invershin, Feb. 4. 1837. — On Sept. 15. we carried four 

 pairs of salmon up to the river at Currkinloch, but left the 

 Fiag and Tyrie without putting any in either of them this 

 season. To ascertain whether any of our last year's planting 

 would return this y«ar, I placed two of our fishermen, who 

 had been watchmen formerly, to watch the salmon we carried 

 up this season, and also the Fiag, and to report whenever 

 they saw any salmon on that river. About Oct. 20. they 

 sent me word they had seen four salmon on the Fiag ; and on 

 the following day I went up the loch; but, unfortunately, wind 

 and rain commenced while we were on the loch, and, before 

 we could reach the rivers, they were all flooded. I was, how- 

 ever, perfectly satisfied that the information I received was 

 correct, as the men had frequently seen them or others on 



