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The Invercauld private water, attached to Invercauld House, brings ^"400 ; so that the Invercauld management bags the nice little total of something like ^"3,400 from their salmon angling waters alone, and they are by no means the pick of Dee waters. Sir William C. Brooks, Bart., gets ^"1,000 of rental for some parts of his famous Glentana pools, annually in spring, and his only difficulty is in making a selection from the host of appli- cants, who would give more if asked. It is a well-known fact that really good salmon angling waters, such as the middle readies I899-] SPRING SALMON ANGLING. 329 of the Dee, will fetch almost any figure asked for them. They seldom come into the market, and are usually "bespoke" long be- fore the current lease ends. There are two outstanding reasons for this being the case. The supply is very limited ; and the demand is steadily on the increase. 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