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Sandvoe, an inlet of the sea which is about 80 yards distant. This is 

 reported to be a fair loch for trout. The shores are stony, and the water 

 clear ; but one or two draws of the hand-net were sufficient to stir up 

 decayed grass and mud. Life seemed very minute, and most plentiful on 

 the ^nT.W. side. No vegetation was visible. The loch was examined at 

 11 a.m., the day being dull but warm. 



Loch of Houllsquey^ Nmih Roe. 



(Examined April 22nd 1897.) 



This loch, which is of medium size, lies on the N.E. side of the district, 

 and practically on the edge of a precipice. There seems to be no burn 

 falling into the loch, only a small, sluggish, stagnant ditch, thickly grown 

 with weeds. This part of the loch appeared to be the most likely to 

 yield a good collection, but it was unapproachable. The landward side is 

 boggy, of uniform depth, and very muddy. The other side is extremely 

 shallow, with clear water and shingly bottom, but no point of vantage 

 from which to work the hand-net. The watershed is from a low, grassy 

 hill. The outlet from the loch runs finding its destination in 



Sandvoe. 



Loch of Benigarth^ North Roe. 



(Examined April 22nd 1897.) 



A steep, grassy hill, thickly interspersed with stones, rises on the south 

 side of this large loch. A grassy bank forms its edge, and the water is 

 deep and dark. Farther along, where the township of Setter lies, the 

 cultivated land extends almost to the loch, separated only by a strip of 

 miry ground. Small-sized algse grow in profusion on the bottom, and life 

 is abundant. A smaller loch, the loch of Setter, contributes a stream 

 which filters its way into this loch at the S.E. shore. Time did not per- 

 mit of our visiting it. The loch of Benigarth, like the others visited the 

 same day, sends a burn down to Sandvoe. The collection from it was 

 made at 7.30 p.m. 



Moosa Water, North Roe, 



(Examined April 23rd 1897.) 



This large loch lies in a dreary region known locally as Da back o' da 

 Buirgs," a range of rough granite hills that rise to upwards of 600 feet 

 above sea level. The loch itself has an altitude of 450 feet. It was 

 visited about noon, the day being bright and warm. The land for several 

 hundred yards all round is level, or as level as granite boulders will 

 permit. The shores and bottom are rocky, and the water at many points 

 over six feet deep. There was too much mud and slime to permit of a very 

 satisfactory search, but fauna seemed scarce, and the specimens obtained 

 appeared to be very minute. 



Millj or Ennis Loch. 



(Examined April 23rd 1897.) 



This small loch was examined directly after the former, and as the 

 gathering appeared to be very meagre, it was mixed with the collection 

 obtained from Moosa Water. The loch is surrounded by moor, and the 

 water is very dark and muddy. Algae and fauna seemed alike scarce, 



