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stronghold, who, pretending friendship, got the Marquis of Montrose
betrayed into his Castle, after his defeat at Corbiesdale, near
Invercar- ron, in 1650, and then delivered him up to his enemies.
Not far from Ardvreck Castle, and also on the shores of Loch
Assynt, stands the ruins of CaldaHouse, a more modern residence,
built by the Mackenzies who succeeded the Macleods as lairds of
Assynt. It was destroyed by fire about a hundred and thirty years
ago, and nothing but the bare walls now remain. Loch Awe, a small
loch about a mile long, lying at the foot of Canisp, four miles
from Inchnadamph, is by far the best trouting loch in the vicinity
of the inn. It is close to the high road from Inchnadamph to
Altnakeal- gach, so that the angler can either drive or walk to it;
or if he prefers it, he may fish up the Loanan, which connects Loch
Awe and Loch Assynt, and which, in the latter part of the season,
contains grilse and sea-trout. The best pools are at and above a
wooden bridge over the Loanan rather more than half-way to Loch
Awe. On the left of the road leading to Loch Awe there is a
stupendous ridge H of limestone rock extending for a mile and a
half. The precipices are more than 200 feet in height, and are, in
places, mantled with ivy. Loch Awe contains several wooded islands,
and is a shallow weedy loch, where trolling is almost impossible;
but the trout take the fly so freely that this is not of much
consequence. We found the " soldier palmer" a very deadly fly on
this loch. The following is a return of seven days' fishing on Loch
Awe at different times in June and July, several of the days being
by no means favourable ones: fifty-one trout, three weighing a
pound each; thirty-six trout; thirty-one trout; sixty-six trout,
weighing twenty pounds; fifty-five trout, we...
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