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blows : and then, gently seizing the maid, he made off 

 on horseback for the south as fast as he could with his 

 lovely prize. This bold exploit had hardly been 

 accomplished when an only brother, who had been 

 pursuing his studies at Glasgow University, arrived upon 

 the scene. Having been told what had just taken place, 

 and feeling that the daring captor would most likely 

 cross the bridge that spans the Ken about a mile to the 

 north, he dashed off in hot pursuit across the rocky and 

 broken land that intervened between the river and the 

 farm. Coming to a margin of the stream at a point, 

 where even few of the gods, in sober moments, would 

 attempt to cross, this youth, burning with wrath and filled 

 with classic lore, swept athwart it at a single bound, shortly 

 intercepted his sister's captor, and after administering 

 to him such a castigation as he never forgot, returned 

 with her in joy and triumph to the farm. The point 

 where this Kirkcudbrightshire student so heroically 

 crossed the Ken, and rescued his charming sister, was ever 

 afterwards christened by the natives with the name of the 

 " College Loup." It is stated that the upper parts of 

 this river are very beautiful. In addition to the burn-, 

 trout which tenant it, and which are reported to be 

 plentiful and of a goodly size, grilse and salmon also 

 frequent it, despite the obstruction bearing the learned 

 name to which we have referred. The fishing on this 

 stream is free, as a whole, and where it is preserved, 

 permission may be had by asking in the proper quarters. 

 The Deugh rises from three sources, amid very wild 

 and beautiful scenery in the north-west part of the parish 



