Caaf, a rivulet of NW Ayrshire. It rises on the confines of Kilbride and Largs parishes, runs 4 miles south-eastward through a tame moorish tract of country chiefly within the western border of Dalry parish; goes then about 2¼ miles eastward along the boundary between Dalry parish on the left and Ardrossan and Kilwinning parishes on the right; rushes eventually along a deep rocky dell, in a series of rapids, with a fine terminal cascade more than 20 feet in leap; and falls into the Garnock about ½ mile below Dalry town. Its trouting has been spoilt by poachers using nets and quicklime.
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