74 TJie Bollin Valley. 



and turning down this, to the right, presently come to a 

 cottage, with a path immediately behind it. This leads 

 over the fields, Alderley Edge a few miles in front, and 

 Cloud-end rising grandly upon the horizon ; so to Ro- 

 binson's farm, and down a steep rough lane upon the 

 right, into Butts clough. Ascending from the clough, a 

 hundred yards' walk along a green-floored lane brings us 

 to Warburton's farm. This passed, we bear to the right, 

 and in ten minutes more dip into the valley. Castle Mill 

 lies about a mile and a half farther up the river, which at 

 this part of its course is remarkable for the depth of its 

 channel, and the rapidity of the flow of the water. 

 After passing it, if we choose to go so far, we are abreast 

 of COTTERILL WOOD, and hence, by lanes, may get to 

 Wilmslow. Being rather a long way, it is best, however, 

 to return to Bowdon, which may be done by turning into 

 the fields on the left hand, close to Warburton's, and 

 so, by a lovely walk, to Bank Hall, and its seventeen 

 yew-trees. 



To the angler, this part of the Bollin is interesting as 

 a reputed residence of the "graining," Lends' cus Lancas- 

 trien'sis, a fish supposed to be peculiar to the north of 

 England and to some of the Swiss lakes. It is nearly 

 allied to the dace, but differs in several important par- 

 ticulars. Grave doubts exist, however, as to the identity 

 of the fish, and it is a point which local icthyologists 

 would do well to investigate. The " graining " is also 

 said to be found in the tributaries of the Mersey, near 



