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containing large trout and pike, are in the immediate 

 vicinity of the higher streams of this noble river. Its 

 banks are, in many localities, extremely grand and 

 imposing. It has several feeders, as the Dulnain, the 

 Fiddich, and the Aven. All these are fine trouting 

 ■waters ; and some fine salmon-fishing can be, at suitable 

 seasons, plentifully enjoyed. There cannot be a more 

 interesting ramble with a rod than along the entire 

 banks and tributary waters of the Spey. There are 

 various convenient spots for lodgings and refreshments, 

 and the masters of these establishments are very ready 

 to give the stranger any information he may require. 



The Lossig is an agreeable river to throw a line on : 

 it runs through Loch Trevie, and has a connection with 

 several other sheets of water. The length of the river 

 is about twenty-five miles. 



In entering Aberdeenshire, we have a ready access to 

 a batch of splendid streams. From the town of Aberdeen, 

 celebrated for its ancient and learned university, we have 

 two considerable rivers, the Dee and the Don. The first 

 has a range of one hundred miles, and flows through 

 tracts of wild and beautiful mountain scenery, calculated 

 to rivet its remembrance on the memory for a lifetime. 

 Before the river arrives at Ballater, it receives the waters 

 of the Glunie, Gairn, Muick, and Oeldie, all abounding 

 with swarms of smallish trout, and on some of whose 

 banks we have rural scenes of suipassmg beauty. The 

 Dee fishing, on the whole, is excellent ; and Castleton, 

 Ballater, Aboyne, and Kincardine O'Neil are convenient 

 stations for reaching its best angling localities. 



The Don enters the German Ocean at the town of 

 Old Aberdeen. It has a higher reputation among fly- 

 fishers than even the Dee. It is sixty miles m length, 

 and it has several tributaries of note, among which 

 are the Biicltet and Esset The Urr joms the main 

 river also at the neat village of Inverurie. Trout are 

 frequently taken here, of five and six poiuids weight. 

 Trolling is very successfully practised in the Urr. The 

 Kellack, Calpie, Shevock, and Oady are small streams, 

 which are sometimes visited by travelling anglers. The 



