This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1872 Excerpt: …Edinburgh. Dalquharran, 7th September 1871. Gentlemen–I beg leave to annex, for your information, a copy of a letter dated 29th August, which I received from Mr. Shav Kennedy, one of the Upper Proprietors of Salmon Fishery in the Girvan, together with a copy of my reply dated 1st September. (Nos. 1 and 2, Appendix.) You will perceive from my letter, that I stated to Mr. Kennedy my intention to prepare a detailed statement of facts and circumstances respecting the Salmon Fishery of the Girvan District, accompanied by documents. I find that to do this completely would lead to a very long statement, laborious to write and tedious to read, and I therefore propose to confine myself to a statement bearing upon the recent aspect and progress of the subject, and the share I have myself had in endeavouring to bring it to a happy conclusion; at the same time I am prepared to give farther explanation to you on any part of the subject, with relative documents. I will therefore state the steps I was myself willing to take, or to concur in, if proposed by others. 1st, I was willing to construct a small subsidiary dam at Bridgemill, at the cost of 40, which the Salmon Fishery Commissioners approved of by their letter of the 13th July 1870, but as that was objected to, I was willing that a subsidiary dam, across the whole width of the river, should be constructed, to which I should contribute 40, the cost of the small dam (I thinking that the small dam would serve every purpose, but yielding to a preference for a large dam), provided the large dam was erected to my satisfaction, and at the sight of Mr. Leslie, the highest and most impartial authority. I also made it a condition of anything being done at Bridgemill D that Dailly dam (which rests on my land at b…