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by the Fishery Board, Mr. Stewart, in common with all other West 

 Highland proprietors, complained bitterly of the poaching of the 

 Oban scringers ; and though that was twenty-live years ago, the 

 evil increased rather than diminished, until about 1905 the chief 

 of the Oban poachers and his crew of three were drowned one 

 winter day, and the conservators of the Oban district becoming more 

 active, the evil has somewhat abated. There are, however, plenty 

 of the fraternity still left, and Colonel Stanhope cannot leave 

 his nets to dry on the poles near the one pool he nets for fear of 

 having them used or stolen. 



I have thought it would be possible to erect a dam at the foot 

 of Loch Fasnacloich so as to be able to cause a spate when fish were 

 noticed splashing in the salt water at the mouth of the river, and the 

 remarkable results obtained on the Grimersta river of the Lews 

 should attract the attention of all o\vners of streams flowing out of 

 lochs. In this particular instance such a dam might possibly 

 cause a flooding of the arable lands of Glen Ure, belonging to Mrs. 

 Cameron-Lucy of Callart, and therefore nothing in this direction 

 could be attempted without her consent and a careful survey. 



