THE LOCII PROBLEM 189 
we began fishing the loch. Several of these, 
which we measured, were as much in girth as in 
length from the gills to the point of the tail 
where the flesh ends. They had small heads and 
were most beautifully coloured. Their flesh was 
in colour a deep red — no doubt due to the pig- 
ment in the fresh-water shrimps which, as I have 
said, abound in the loch. 
It is an interesting fact that, although the 
loch was very little fished by ladies, they secured 
the two largest fish, one of Tj lb., which took over 
three-quarters of an hour to land and gave 
splendid sport, the other G lb. The former was 
a most extraordinary fish. It was 22 inches in 
length, 16 inches in length from the gills to the 
point where the flesh ends at the tail, and 16 inches 
in girth. There is, however, no doubt that, with 
the exception of this particular fish, the fish caught 
during the last four or five years, whilst in excellent 
condition and comparing very favourably with 
the ordinary large brown trout caught elsewhere, 
have not been so extraordinary in their girth as 
in the first few years after the loch was stocked. 
These experiments show the correctness of the 
opinion expressed by one of the most experienced 
of writers on the subject of trout culture, Mr. 
