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trout in them are dwarfish. It has been surmised, hy 

 anglers who have frequented the Don and its waters 

 for some years, that it has recently fallen off a good 

 deal from its former prolific supply of salmon and trout. 

 We think there is no good ground for this opinion. 

 The best stations on the river are Alford, Inverurie, 

 and Kintore. 



Pressing southward into the counties of Kincardine, 

 Forfar, and Perthshire, we meet with many noble fishing 

 waters. 



One of the most enticing fishing localities in this 

 direction is the river Tay, and its dependent waters. 

 These embrace an extensive range of angling streams, 

 both for the salmon and trout. To visit all these places 

 would take a considerable time; but those who can 

 afford that time need be under no apprehension of 

 lacking any reasonable amount of sport. This river 

 rises out of the high grounds of Larne. Soon after it 

 leaves its parent springs, it receives the waters of many 

 small burns and rivulets, and then enters into Loch 

 Doehart. It falls iato another sheet of water, called 

 Loch Tay; and issuing from it at Kenmore, the Tay 

 is joined by another stream, called the Lijon. They 

 jointly proceed to Athole, receiving other two feeders, 

 the Logierait and the Tummel. The main river then 

 flows on to Perth, and enters the German Ocean at 

 Dundee. There is splendid salmon and trout fishing 

 in all these waters. 



The Oarry springs from Loch Garry, and is about 

 thirty miles in length. The Erochkie, the Bruar, and 

 the Tilt are its chief feeders. There is capital trouting 

 in all these places. 



Near Dvmkeld there are a number of lakes which 

 abound with trout, pike, perch, etc. The principal of 

 these are Loch Ard, Loch Craiglush, Loch of the Lows, 

 Butterstone Loch, Loch Rotnel, Loch Aishnie, Loch 

 Cluny, and Loch Drumellie. 



The river Isla is a good stream : it falls into the 

 Tay. It has the Dean, the Ericht, and the Susan for 

 tributaries. The Earn is a considerable fishing river, 



