154 WILD LIFE OF SCOTLAND 



coming. There are two rods on board. Why then 

 should one lie idle, when trout are so keen, and 

 one man can keep the broadside to the shore ? 

 The second rod is put up, the other boatman begins 

 to cast, and between them they have a merry time. 

 It is a lively loch, when the rise is on. The stranger 

 gets credit for the entire basket. 



There is no limit to the time one can fish on a 

 summer night ; no limit to the delight of the thing. 

 The grateful coolness, the shaded light, for it is not 

 dark ; the ripple of water, all weave themselves 

 into an unique experience. As they return, the 

 outlines of the castle are softened into dreaminess, 

 awakening pensive and gentle thoughts of her, 

 who must often have looked out on the scene on 

 such a night. 



The Loch Leven trout is not so deep in propor- 

 tion to its length as the burn trout. The red flesh 

 suggests molluscari diet. It is found in various 

 lochs, in the south of Scotland, and north of 

 England, presumably where the conditions of life 

 and food-supply are similar. Beyond that range 

 it does not extend ; it is exclusively British. 



The origin is obscure. Either the brown trout 

 has been thus modified by long residence in the 

 lake, or the sea-trout has been shut in, and adapted 



