ME. E. DAT ON THE LOCH-LEVEN TEOHT. 
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Locli-Leven trout. The third is called at Kinross the Camday, 
is 8 in. to 10 in. long, and reckoned a distinct species ; hut is 
only the grey trout at an early age.” He likewise referred to 
three more species as the Burn trout, the Highland or Muir 
trout, and another form of bull trout, which he does not appear 
to have seen, found in the deep parts of the lake, attaining to 
7 lb. or 8 lb. in weight, and with yellow flesh. 
Graham, ‘ General Beview of the Agriculture of Kinross and 
Clackmannan,’ published about the commencement of the present 
century, after giving an account of the fish found in Loch 
Leven, remarked, “Flounders are also found in Loch Leven,” 
which demonstrated that at this period sea-fishes were able to 
obtain access up the river Leven into the lake. 
In the year 1874, Mr. K. Burns Begg, the ex-president of the 
Kinross Fishing Club, compiled an interesting account of the 
Loch-Leven trout, and of the locality which it inhabited. The 
Loch-Leven lake, prior to 1830, covered a superficial area of 4312 
acres ; it is situated 360 feet above the sea-level, and receives the 
waters of the Garny and of the north and south Queich ; while the 
mean flow from it throughout the year amounts to 4000 cubic 
feet a minute, which goes into the river Leven, and this river, 
after a course of 14 miles, falls into the Firth of Forth. In 
December, 1830, the loch was diminished to three fourths of its 
original dimensions, or to 3543 acres, by an extensive drainage 
operation, which permanently reduced its natural level to the 
extent of four and a half feet, and means were likewise devised 
by which, when desired, another four and a half feet can be 
drawn off. Fleming made a careful inspection of the loch 
during the years 1834 and 1835, in order to ascei’tain what 
effect the drainage had had upon its fisheries, and he concluded 
that they were permanently diminished one-third in their value, 
the sluices acting injuriously to young fish by reason of the strong 
current at the outflow ; and that the margin of the lake had under- 
gone a change unfavourable to its piscine inhabitants, owing to 
the peculiar barrenness of the shore rendering the new margin 
ill suited for supplying them with food. In the lake itself, how- 
ever, the water-snails were found not to have been destroyed. 
Many have supposed that the superior flavour of Loch-Leven 
trout is a consequence of the quality and abundance of the food 
which they could obtain there. 
In the ‘ New Statistical Account of Scotland,’ mention is made 
