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counties lying between this extreme point of the 

 kingdom and the cities of Edinbiirgh and Glasgow. 

 Should the angling traveller, when he comes to the 

 vicinity of the Moray Firth, take the whole route of 

 the Caledonian Canal as a fishing excm-sion, he will 

 meet with many interesting waters, where fine trout 

 and salmon fishing can be obtained. He will likewise 

 have an opportunity of ascending some of the high 

 mountains in this locality, such as Ben Nevis, and the 

 mountain of Mealfourvonie. "The view from the 

 summit of this last lofty hill," we are told, " is of vast 

 extent, and highly impressive. We stand in the midst 

 of an amphitheatre of mountains, old as the creation, 

 and command a view of the Caledonian Valley, or 

 Great Glen of Albin. The whole course of the canal, 

 with its chain of lakes — Loch Ness, Loch Oich, and 

 Loch Lochy, are all placed at our feet, extending in 

 a direct and silvery line of sixty miles. Six lakes, and 

 numerous tarns and pools, lie in front; and in the 

 gorge, through which the river Foyer rushes, the top 

 of the fall is visible like a white streamer." 



The rivers and lochs of Cromarty, Elginshire, and 

 Banffshire are in considerable repute among south 

 country anglers. The Findhorn has a range of sixty 

 miles, and afibrds the rod-fisher an exquisite ramble. 

 It passes Forres about two miles to the west. The 

 water springs out of high and mountainous grounds in 

 Inverness-shire. It is a wild and turbulently running 

 stream. The yellow trout are here found in great 

 abundance. It has many considerable feeders, which 

 are themselves connected with lakes full of trout, pike, 

 perch, and all kiads of bottom -fish. Salmon - fishing 

 with the rod has, of late years, been prosecuted with 

 great success on this splendid river. The stream called 

 the Nairn is in the same locality, and has a range of 

 very fair angling waters in its course. It falls, like the 

 Findhorn, into the Moray Firth. 



The Spey is one of the chief rivers of Scotland; it 

 rises from Loch Spey, in Inverness-shire. Lochs Alvie, 

 Morlieh, Rothiemurchus, Pittenlish, and Garten, all 



