118 FISHING IN GLEN GARRY. [PART I. 
and thence diverging East and West find their 
way to the German and Atlantic Oceans. The 
river, deriving its supplies from the contributions 
of several streams rising in the neighbourhood of 
Glen Coich, runs, before reaching Loch Garry, with 
no inconsiderable volume through two other lochs, 
by name Polery and Kingie, broadening out here 
and there during the rest of its course into large 
deep pools, of which I may mention one particu- 
larly, called “The Black Pool.’ The river, down 
to its efflux from Loch Garry—as well as the lochs 
through which it ruans—abounds with Brown Trout, 
those in the lochs averaging about a third of a 
pound ;—those in the stream, and particularly high 
up, above Loch Kingie, vary more in weight, many 
being smaller, but many also running to a much 
larger size. The lochs are celebrated as contain- 
ing Great Lake Trout (Salmo jferox) which not 
unfrequently attain to a great weight there. It 
was for the purpose of trying my luck at these 
big fellows, that I went with a friend, in July, 
1856, to Tomdoun, Tomindoun, or Tomadoun (the 
name is thus indifferently written, not an unfre- 
quent occurrence in the Highlands, where they 
are not very particular about their spelling), a com- 
fortable road-side inn, about five hundred yards 
