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A few miles to the north we fall in with the higher 

 rivulets of the Halladale, which empties its waters into 

 the North Sea. It has a run of twenty miles. There 

 are several fishing lochs in the vicinity. The river 

 Strathy runs parallel with the Halladale for some 

 distance. It is also a very prolific stream. It contains 

 salmon grilse, and very large trout. 



In keeping by the seaooast, we meet with the Naver, 

 which arises out of a loch of the same name of about 

 seven miles in extent. Here are likewise salmon, grilse, 

 and trout in abundance. This river has the Mallart, 

 the Skelpich Burn, and the Langdale Burn for its 

 feeders. 



There flows at no great distance the river Borgie, 

 which springs out of Loch Craigie and Loch Looghal. 

 The fishing is here first-rate for salmon, grilse, and fine 

 yellow trout. The Kinloch, the Hope, and the Strath- 

 more streams are all good fishable waters, both for 

 salmon and trout ; and on the western side of the 

 county, along its entire range of coast, there is a 

 continued chain of lakes in which all kinds of rich 

 and valuable fish are to be found. To enumerate them 

 would fill several pages. Fly-fishing and bottom-fishing 

 can be had in all of them ; and those who are fond of 

 the minnow will find this a splendid district for their 

 peculiar branch of sport. 



The county of Caithness is comparatively flat, and 

 not so fruitful of the wild and the sublime as the 

 regions we have just passed through. We have the 

 rivers Langwell and Berriedale ; the first about eight, 

 and the latter about fifteen miles in extent. The river 

 Wick has a good repute among trout-fishers. It flows 

 through Loch Scharmlet, which contains both large 

 trout and pike. But the chief stream in this neighbom-- 

 hood is the Tliurso, which falls into the ocean at the 

 town of the same name. In its higher waters there is 

 beautiful trout and salmon fishing with the rod. The 

 Forss is also a good stream. 



Turning our faces now towards the south, we shall 

 meet with a number of first-rate streams in the several 



