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the Gaur receives the Alt Chalder Burn and the Alt Eigheach, 

 a very good trouting stream, which rises in the Rannoch Deer 

 Forest. There are falls and a long rapid on the Gaur about 3 

 miles from Loch Kannoch, the river flowing for a considerable 

 distance through a picturesque rocky gorge. But, on the left bank 

 of the stream, there is a beautiful example of a perfect salmon- 

 ladder, constructed by Nature's own hand, which passes round the 

 falls by a series of easy consecutive pools, each pool a foot or two 

 above that immediately below it, while about the centre of the 

 ladder there is a spacious basin, where ascending fish may rest on 

 their upward journey. Were salmon enabled to ascend to the 

 Gaur they would have no difficulty in surmounting the falls by 

 means of this natural fish- way, and so reaching Loch Laidon. 



Nearly midway in its course, the Gaur expands into a small 

 loch, called Loch Eigheach, which has a gravelly bottom ; and, 

 as the stream of the river is perceptible throughout it, it would 

 probably become a favourite spawning place for salmon. For 

 nearly 3 miles above Loch Eigheach, the Gaur presents many 

 splendid angling streams and pools, and likewise, in several places, 

 good spawning ground. Then comes another small loch, and lastly 

 Loch Laidon, the ample reservoir from which it flows. This 

 remote and dreary loch is 7 miles long. It traverses the Moor of 

 Eannoch and part of the Black Mount Deer Forest, and its upper 

 extremity is not above 4 or 5 miles from the inn at Kingshouse, 

 near the head of Glencoe. About two- thirds of the way up, it 

 divides into two branches. Two small rivers flow into the head of 

 it, termed the Alt na gannich and the Ba, the former into the 

 northern and the latter into the southern branch. A mile and a 

 half above Loch Laidon, the Ba spreads out into a considerable 

 lake called Loch Ba, 2\ miles long and J mile wide. The 

 river Ba has a course of 4| miles above this loch and 1^ mile 

 below it. There is also a smaller loch on the other feeder of Locli 

 Laidon, the Alt na Gannich. 



I have now concluded the narrative of my survey of the lochs 

 and rivers which would be opened up to salmon by placing an 

 efficient fish-pass on the Falls of Tummel ; and I beg to express a 

 most decided opinion that the sooner such a fish-pass is constructed 

 the better. It would greatly increase the market supply of a most 

 valuable and popular fish. It would be a substantial boon to the 

 upper proprietors, to whom it would afford sport and recreation 

 and largely augmented rentals, in the event of their letting their 

 fishings, while the lower proprietors would also benefit from 

 the greatly increased area of spawning ground which would be 

 opened up, and the consequently increased number of salmon that 

 would be bred. In short, it seems to me unquestionable that, until 

 such a fish-pass is placed on the Falls of Tummel, the resources of 

 the extensive basin of the Tay as a salmon-producing river can 

 never be fully or adequately developed. 



For sometime after the placing of an efficient fish-pass on the 

 Falls of Tummel, it would, I venture to think, be expedient to 

 combine with it one or two hatcheries on the Ericht or Gaur, or 

 some of their tributaries, in order to breed salmon artificially and 



