of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 



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Second. — Loch Awe. 



This is a small loch about four miles from Inchnadamph and nearly 

 equidistant from Inchnadamph and Altnacealgach. The River Loanan 

 flows out of this loch into Loch Assynt. The trout in Loch Awe are 

 usually not very large — their average weight being about the one-third 

 of a pound, their flesh is red coloured, and they are said to be of good 

 quality. There are a number of small islands in the loch, most of them 

 are situated near the middle, and so arranged as to divide the loch into 

 two nearly equal portions. The loch is shallow and in some places is 

 much overgrown with aquatic vegetation. Samples of the more common 

 plants growing in Loch Awe were sent along with the material from 

 Loch Mullach Corrie, they comprised specimens of Littorella lacustris, 

 Millefolium spicatum, Juncus btdbosus, and of two species of Potamogeion. 

 No tow-net gatherings were sent from this loch, but the following three 

 species of Crustacea were obtained by an examination of the plants 

 mentioned above, viz., — Sida crystalline^ Daphnia, sp. (^pidex), and 

 Attheyella crassa. A specimen of Levnentoma was obtained attached 

 to the gills of one of the trout from this loch. 



Twelve stomachs of trout from Loch Awe were examined, three of 

 them were found to be empty ; six contained the remains of insects only ; 

 two, the remains of insects and Gammarus ; and one, the remains of the 

 larvae and larvae-cases of 'Caddis-flies' (Phryganeidae.) 



Description of Loch Awe. 



Mr Caine describes Loch Awe as follows : — ' This is a small loch about 

 three quarters of a mile long by a quarter of a mile wide, it is divided 

 into two parts by a chain of wooded islands with stoney and gravelly 

 beaches. The depth of the loch over all is from 5 to 7 feet at 

 the distance of about 20 feet from the shelving margin. The two 

 ends have stoney bottoms, quite clear of weeds for about one-third to 

 one half of their area, and the shore round the islands is also free of 

 weeds. There are practically two great beds of weeds — one across the 

 middle of each of the two portions of the loch — which I have shaded 

 on the rough sketch (from memory) given below ; these weeds are the 

 same growth — three varieties — as those I have sent from the " Gilleroo " 

 loch, which is two and a half miles distant from Loch Awe.' Fig. 2 

 is the sketch of the loch referred, showing the beds of weeds at W.W. 



Fig. 2. 



Third. — Loch Assynt. 



This loch, well known to the angler for the excellent sport it furnishes, 

 is of considerable area, being about eight miles in length by one mile in 



