of the Fishery Board for Scotland. ess 
SECOND.—Locu Awe. 
‘This 1s a small loch about four miles from Inchnadamph and nearly 
equidistant from Inchnadamph and Altnacealgach. The River Loanan 
flows out of this loch into Loch Assynt. The trout in Loch Awe are 
usually not very large—their average weight being about the one-third 
of a pound, their flesh is red coloured, and they are said to be of good 
quality. There are a number of small islands in the loch, most of them 
are situated near the middle, and so arranged as to divide the loch into 
two nearly equal portions. The loch is shallow and in some places is 
much overgrown with aquatic vegetation. Samples of the more common 
plants growing in Loch Awe were sent along with the material from 
Loch Mullach Corrie, they comprised specimens of Littorella lacustris, 
Millefolium spicatum, Juncus bulbosus, and of two species of Potamogeton. 
No tow-net gatherings were sent from this loch, but the following three 
species of crustacea were obtained by an examination of the plants 
mentioned above, viz.,—Sizda crystallina, Daphnia, sp. (pulex), and 
Attheyella crassa. A specimen of Lernentoma was obtained attached 
to the gills of one of the trout from this loch. 
Twelve stomachs of trout from Loch Awe were examined, three of 
them were found to be empty ; six contained the remains of insects only ; 
two, the remains of insects and Gammarus ; and one, the remains of the 
larvee and larvee-cases of ‘ Caddis-flies’ (Phryganeide.) 
Description oF Locu Awe. 
Mr Caine describes Loch Awe as follows :—‘ This is a small loch about 
‘ three quarters of a mile long by a quarter of a mile wide, it is divided 
into two parts by a chain of wooded islands with stoney and gravelly 
beaches. The depth of the loch over all is from 5 to 7 feet at 
the distance of about 20 feet from the shelving margin. The two 
ends have stoney bottoms, quite clear of weeds for about one-third to 
one half of their area, and the shore round the islands is also free of 
weeds. There are practically two great beds of weeds—one across the 
middle of each of the two portions of the loch— which I have shaded 
on the rough sketch (from memory) given below; these weeds are the 
same growth—three varieties—as those I have sent from the ‘‘ Gilleroo ” 
loch, which is two and a half miles distant from Loch Awe.’ Fig. 2 
is the sketch of the loch referred, showing the beds of weeds at W.W. 
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Turrp.—Locu ASSYNT. 
This loch, well known to the angler for the excellent sport it furnishes, 
is of considerable area, being about eight miles in length by one mile in 
