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nets near the moiitli of the river, and spoil the run of fish. In dry seasons, 
fish are prevented from running up for as much as a month, during which 
time Bunessan Bay is alive with them. In such seasons the poaching is con- 
siderable. My answers apply to Loch Assapool and the river from it alone. 
The landlord of the Banavie Hotel has got No. 7 beat on the Eiver Banavie Hotel. 
Lochy. In 1890, upwards of 200 lbs. weight of salmon and sea-trout 
were captured. The heaviest salmon was 16 lbs. 
Mr Ferguson writes that a note of the number of trout caught by rod Stronachlachar 
has only been kept from the 27th May till the 11th of July, and between Hotel, 
these two dates over 2000 trout were taken from Loch Katrine. But, 
previously to the 27th May, a considerable number had been caught, 
though no record was kept. Several of the trout weighed between 3 and 
4 lbs. It is stated that the number of trout seems to have increased of 
late years in the rivers and lochs attached to the hotel, more especially in 
Loch Katrine, which is in more immediate connection with it, and the 
fishing seems to be improving from year to year. The raising of the 
loch 4 feet in 1859 by the operations in connection with the Glasgow 
Water Works had a marked, though gradual, efi"ect on the improvement 
of the fishings, both in quality and weight, and increasing the number 
of fish by extending their feeding ground. There are also two hill lochs, 
which have been stocked with trout, and which are now becoming feeders 
to Loch Katrine. 
With regard to the rarity of salmon in Loch Katrine, Mr Ferguson 
writes as follows : — 
It has been very rare for a salmon to be caught in Loch Katrine, though a 
few have been got, and there does not seem to be any natural obstacle to pre- 
vent their access to the loch, unless the sluices that have been put up in order 
to raise the lake to supply water to Glasgow, have the effect of preventing them. 
But even before their erection, very few salmon found their way to the loch. 
It would be proper that the outlet and the river flowing from the loch should 
be inspected by a competent person in such matters, who could ascertain if 
there were any impediment in the course sufficient to prevent the salmon from 
getting up. 
In 1883, I went over the rivers and lochs referred to by Mr Ferguson, 
and I confess that I was rather puzzled to discover the reason why so few 
salmon find their way into Loch Katrine. I could name other lochs in 
Scotland to which they find access over much more serious obstacles ; 
and, to take an instance in the same district, there is Loch Lubnaig, 
where salmon are common, but which they cannot reach without over- 
coming the falls and rapids of the wild river that rushes through the 
Pass of Leny. The sluices referred to by Mr Ferguson, near the exit of 
the river from Loch Katrine, and the great dam at the foot of Loch 
Vennachar in connection with the Glasgow Water Works, are the only 
obstructions. 
226 J lbs. of brown trout were taken from the Breadalbane Arms Breadalbane 
Hotel, Aberfeldy. No salmon or grilse ; but the landlord thinks that the ^^^^ Hotel, 
earlier opening of the Tay for angling may make a difference, as any 
salmon that are got have been always at the very commencement of the 
fishing. He would open the Tay for rod-fishing on the 15th January, 
and close it on the 15th September. 
Mr M'Fadyen of the Gulf ail Hotel states that 2800 yellow trout were Culfail Hotel, 
caught on his waters in 1890, averaging 4 to the pound. * Yellow trout,' 
he says, * have increased, because the district has become depopulated, 
* and the few anglers coming to my hotel have no effect in diminishing 
'the numbers.' The heaviest yeliow trout taken in 1890 was 21 lbs. 
He notices the waterfall in the Pass of Melfort, which prevents salmon 
