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most suitable places where no attempt at oyster culture has been made, 
and I should place Loch Harport before Loch Greshornish, and Loch 
Sciidain before Loch Spelve. Loch Creran is isolated from the other 
lochs visited, but is not so good as either Loch Swen or Loch-na-Keal, 
and better thaji any of the Skye inlets. Loch Tarbert (Jura) as a small 
loch might almost be placed alongside of Loch Swen and Loch-na-Keal. 
Lochs Moidart and Aylort are also small lochs, but the former comes 
after Jura loch, near which Loch Aylort might be placed. In most of 
them, I believe, it would be possible to fatten oysters in quantity, and 
it is satisfactory to observe that proposals have been made for culti- 
vating oysters in several of them. 
