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Wanderings by the Lochs and Streams of Assynt; And the North Highlands of Scotland
Wanderings by the Lochs and Streams of Assynt And the North Highlands of Scotland Author:John Hicks General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1855 Original Publisher: J. Blackwood Subjects: Fishing Highlands (Scotland) Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial a... more »ccess to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: CHAPTER III. The Ring Loch -- Difficult Capture of a Trout -- Walk to Dunstaffnage Castle -- Fisherman's Cottage -- Departure from Oban -- Captain Ross, of Rossie -- Arrival at Banavie -- Departure -- Ben Nevis -- Invergarry Inn -- River Garry -- Disappointment -- Donald -- Loch Garry -- Trout very inferior to those taken in Loch Oich. Baillie, having again finished a somewhat pithy argument in favour of religious toleration, declared himself ready to conduct me to a small loch, which abounded with trout, but in which he would undertake to say that I should not be able to capture one. I confess that I had a great desire to visit so singular a piece of water. At the same time, I immediately guessed that the lake to which he alluded was either so overgrown with weed, or surrounded by rushes, as, if not to prevent the rising, at all events to obstruct the landing of a fish. After a tolerably steep ascent for a short time, from Loch Nell, we proceeded by an easy walk over moor to the lake, which is well named the " Ring Loch," being quite circular ; and, from what I observed upon its surface, I should say that it is literally full of trout. Ring upon ring -- plash upon plash -- to say nothing of the numerous dorsal fins which appeared above the water -- plainly indicated the number of fish contained, as well as the security offered, by this lock. The high rushes which run out for many yards from shore, (the interstices of which are blocked up with floating weeds, except here and there where a few RING LOCH. 25 inches of unencumber...« less