The Sun.
London, England, 1860-09-17 00:00:00

SCOTCII MOORS AND FISRFRIBS.

, There is little news from the moors this week
(says the Inverness Courier), but no lack of sport
to those who have not tired of the loud crackling of
the grouse among the heather. At Kinglochewe,
' Capt. Basset, Walter St. Aubyn Basset, Esq., and
Capt. Campion shot 216 brace grouse and 1 brace
black game between Aug. 14 and 29. Four guns,
cn the 7th, at Belleville, had 17 brace; and at
Phoines, 15 brace. At Belleville, on the Bth, two
guns had S brace grouse, 3 brace partridges, 1 brace
snipe, 1 brace hares, and 1 blackeeck ; and another
party of two guns, on the same ground, had 41 brace.
The party at Kincraig have shot about 2,000 head ;
the ground is still well stocked. At Lagganauld,
on the 7th and Bth, Lord 11. Bentinck bagged 42
brace grouse. In Ulenavon Forest, on the 3d inst.,
F. Walker, Esq., killed three fine stags, and one on
the 4th. In Mr. Lumsdaine's forest of (ilenmuick,
Keanlochalsh, on the 4th, Mr. Blackwell had a
right and left shot at two stags, and killed both at
full speed.
To-morrow (Friday) night the salmon fishing in
Scotland comes to an end. So far as the Ness is con-
cerned, it can hardly be said to have had a begin-
ning. From first to last, and including the whole
length of the river, we doubt if more than seventy
grilse and salmon have been taken with the :rod;
and it is notorious that the net fishing, both at'
Dochfour and at the Friar's Shot, has been
a complete failure. At the latter station it is stated
as a fact that during ten days of the month of Sep-
tember, the crew, working night and day, captured
two grilse and a trout. The Four Cobles' Fishing,
or rather seven-eighths of it, is let to the Ness
Angling Club for £7s—every eighth fishing day
being a holiday on the waters, open to all comers.
The return for this rent, up to the present
date, has been, we believe, two grilse, one caught
by IVIr. Lowe and one by Mr. Donald ! In justice
to the river we should - perhaps add that Mr.
Barclay had a fish " on" for a few minutes at
the Cross Hedges, but lost him. The club
meet at the Red Braes to-morrow night to give
the river "a scrape" with the nets as a finale to
the season. The weather looks threatening ; we
hope they may not have a wet night. The Spey
has not fished well this year, nor has the Findhorn
or Beauly. The Thurso, Deveron, Dee, and Don
have made about average fishing. We have the
following report of the fishing on the Inver and
Kirkaig (Sutherlandshire), dated 12th instant :
Since the beginning of June up till last night
378 salmon and grilse have been killed on these
rivers by the rod, the heaviest 251 lbs., killed
by S. Bradshaw, Esq., on Friday last, the 7th
September. Mr. Bradshaw has been the most
successful angler this season, baying landed
86 fish to his own rod, besides attending at
the grouse shooting. The angling on these rivers
has improved since the abolition of the nets, and
the fish increased considerably in size. The copious
supplies of rain have been in favour of the anglers,
although they lost a good many days during spates.
It would be a great matter for the west coast rivers
if we had a month longer of angling in autumn.
We should cheerfully give in exchange two months
longer close time in spring,
and the fishingbe improved, for clean salmon are seen in numbers
would
6( taking up" the rivers till the middle of October.
_ ,
\ .n '‘, In. ti :111(1 lent"
been appointed by the House of Commons " to in-
quire into the salmon fisheries of England amd
Wales." The Commissioners commenced their in-
vestigation at Gloucester on Monday.