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weighing 473f lbs. f Loch Gorm gave 615 trout, weighing 167 lbs. Including minor 

 lochs and streams on this beat, such as Loch Fionn, Fiag, and Merkland river, 

 the total number of fish caught by anglers at this hotel, including grilse, salmo 

 1'erox, and trout, was 5823, of the aggregate weight of 2399-£- lbs., or considerably 

 over a ton. The heaviest month was July, during which 2159 trout, &c, 

 weighing 879 lbs. were landed. The greatest sport on any one day was that of 

 the 25th June, when six boats landed between them 290 trout and 1 salmo 

 ferox. On the waters connected with the Sutherland Arms Hotel, Lairg, 

 which include Loch Shin, Loch Beannoch Fourloch, and Loch Cragail, the 

 sport obtained was on the whole very good ; and, though the fish caught were 

 not so numerous as at Overscaig, the average weight of each was considerably 

 higher — the Lairg trout being upwards of 2 oz. per head heavier, taking them 

 all over. In the course of the season, anglers at the Lairg Hotel landed 5 

 grilse and salmon weighing 46^ lbs. in all, 105 salmo ferox weighing 141 lbs., 

 and 1994 trout weighing 1061 lbs. The total number of fish was thus 2104, 

 with an aggregate weight of 1248|- lbs. — equal to 11 cwts. 14| lbs. At the 

 Sutherland Arms Hotel, Inveran, the salmon angling on the Shin during the 

 past season was rather poor, being fully a third less productive than the pre- 

 vious season. This is partly accounted for by the abnormal coldness of the 

 season and other climatic conditions. Only 72 salmon, weighing 894^ lbs., 

 and 25 grilse, weighing 132| lbs., were landed, or a total of 97 fish and 1027 lbs. 

 for the season, as compared with 162 fish and 1551 lbs. for the corresponding 

 period of 1887. A vast improvement is, however, anticipated this season, 

 owing to the recent abolition of the net fishings at Invershin. From the above, 

 it will be seen that the total number of fish landed last season with the rod by 

 anglers staying at Overscaig, Lairg, and Inveran was 8024, and the total weight 

 4675| lbs., or 2 tons If cwts. 



The following return, for which I am indebted to Mr Box, factor to 

 the Duke of Sutherland at Tongue House, gives the yield of the net 

 fishing in the districts of the Halladale, Strathy, Naver, Borgie, Kyle of 

 Tongue, and Hope, from 1885 to 1887, both inclusive : — 



Tongue Management Salmon Fishings. 





1885. 



18 



36. 



1887. 



Station. 





























Salmon. 



Grilse. 



Salmon. 



Grilse. 



Salmon. 



Grilse. 



Hope, . . . . * 

 Kyle of Tongue, . 

 Borgie, . . . ) 

 Naver, . . . . J 

 Strathy . . . ) 

 Halladale . . . j 



lbs. 

 1,570 



826 



2,035 

 8,049 



lbs. 

 11,782 

 4,855 



16,187 

 50,309 



lbs. 



589 

 432 

 j 886 

 \ 2,117 

 j 5,944 

 \ 5.682 



lbs. 

 1,844 

 2,315 

 4,012 

 8,964 

 17,484 

 19,839 



lbs. 

 1,987 

 655 

 1,705 

 2,490 

 4,989 

 6,752 



lbs. 

 5,073 

 2,471 

 3,737 

 6,979 

 12.521 

 19,252 



Tongue Salmon Fishings, 1888. 



Station. 



Salmon. 



Grilse. 



Trout. 





No. 



lbs. 



No. 



lbs. 



No. 



lbs. 



Talmine (bag-nets fished by tenant), 



14 



215 



378 



2,201 



31 



74 



Borgie (draw-nets and coble), 



49 



613 



358 



2,032 







Naver (fished by estate), 



164 



2,085 



720 



4,071 







Armadale (bag-nets), 



71 



889 



445 



2,280 



"8 



18 



Strathy (bag-nets), 



574 



7,226 



3,626 



19,326 



45 



71 



Bighouse (bag-nets and draw-nets), 



615 



7,549 



3,818 



20,1S3 



109 



146 



(The last 3 stations fished by tenant). 









