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THE SALMON RIVERS OF SCOTLAND 



BenchiU (Duke of Atholl), i 

 mile. 



Redgorton (Mr. J. Maxtone 

 Graham). Let with Battleby 

 House on a long lease to Mr. 

 Archibald Coats. 



Luncarty (Mr. Burt Marshall), J 

 mile. 



Battleby House. 



Lower Redgorton, il- miles 



RIVER ALMOND. 



Bertha (Colonel Murray Graham). 



Weedy Island (Earl of Mansfield). 



Inch (Sir Edward Richardson of 

 Pitfour Castle). 



Perth 



Free water. 



?3 

 < 



> 



Earl of Mansfield (Scone property), 

 from 6 to 7 miles. 



Scone Palace. 



Bridge. 



Scone. 

 Free water. 



To describe in minute detail all the renowned anglings lying 

 between Dunkeld and Perth would be wearisome to my readers. 

 A few cursory remarks will suffice to give a general idea of the 

 whole of them. 



The Murthly Castle water yields fine sport in spring and autumn, 

 and though the late fish are more plentiful, the splendid condition 

 of the spring ones fully makes up for the difference in numbers. 

 The banks of this fishing will long remain associated with the 

 names of the late Mr. John Bright and the late Sir John Millais, 

 both gentlemen having often fished here with great .success. 



The Meiklour water is another grand angling from which fair 

 takes of spring fish are made, while those of the autumn are often 

 extraordinary, for from ten to twenty are not uncommon, and as 

 many as twenty-eight have been got in a day by one boat. 



Ballathie, with its comfortable, pretty, and striking-looking' 

 house on the banks of the river, is as pleasant a quarter as an 



