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w&W pro\'ided with bays, of difterent merit, ac- 

 cording to the feeding \\'hich the}' pro\"ide ; some 

 come earlier, some later into season. Doubtless 

 the most beautiful part of the lake is around the 

 islands, between the Loch A\\-e and the Port 

 Sonachan hotels. The Green Island, with its 

 strange Celtic burying-ground, where the daffodils 

 bloom among the sepulchres with their rude 

 carvings of battles and of armed men, has many 

 trout around its shores. The favourite iishing- 

 places, howe\"er, are between Port Sonachan and 

 Ford. In the morning earh", the steam-launch 

 tows a fleet of boats down the loch, and thej' 

 drift back again, fishing all the ba\'s, and arriving 

 at home in time for dinner. Too frequently the 

 angler is vexed by finding a boat bus\- in his 

 favourite bay. I am not sure that, when the trout are 

 really taking, the water near Port Sonachan is not as 

 good as an}- other. Much depends on the weather. 

 In the hard north-east winds of April we can 

 scarce!}- expect trout to feed \ er}- freeh" an}-\\here. 

 These of Loch Awe are \-ery peculiar fish. I take it 

 that there are two species — one short, thick, golden, 



