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

SCOTCH MOORS AND FISHERIES.

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,
on the 7th, at Belleville, had 17 brace ; and at
Phoines, 15 brace. At Belleville, on the Bth, two
guns had 8 brace grouse, 3 brace partridges, 1 brace
snipe, 1 brace hares, and 1 blackcock ; and another
party of two guns, on the same ground, had 4 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 H. Bentinck bagged 42
brace grouse. In Glenavon Forest, on the 3d inst.,
F. Walker, Esq., killed three fine stags, and one on
the 4th. In Mr. Lumsdaine's forest of Glenmuick,
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
Doehfour and at the Friar's Shot, has been
a complete failure. At the latter station it is stated
as a fact that during tcu 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 £75—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 Mr. Lowe and one by Mr. Donald! In justice
to the river we should perhaps add that Mr.
Barclay had a fish " on" for a minutes at
the C H
Cross edges, but lost hi fmew . The club
meet at the Red Braes to-morrow night to give
"a scrape" with the nets as a finale to
thethe rsievaesren. The weather looks threatening; we
maynot have a vet night. The Spey
well this year, nor has the Findhorn
hhoaspenottheflyshed
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
373 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, having landed
86 fish to his own rod, be si desa tttheensdeinrigvearst
the grouse shooting. The angling on n
has improved since the abolition of the nets, and
the fish increased considerably in size. The copious
supplies of ruin have been in favour of the anglers,
although they lost a good many days during spates.
It would be a great mattei.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 tim ge in sprin—,
and the fishing would
be improved, for clean salmon are seen in numbers
" taking up" the rivers till the middle of October.
Sir Wm. Jardine and two other gentlemen have
been appointed by the House of Commons " to in-
quire into the salmon fisheries of England and
Wales." The Commissioners commenced their in-
Yegfiggioll at Cilouccgter on INIOndaY.