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pricked by the villainous hook which the 

 deceptive fly conceals. 



As a rule, you cannot approach within six 

 or eight yards of a feeding trout in these bright 

 waters but he is off like a shot, and conceals 

 himself under bank or stone or grass 



"The trout within yon whimpling burn 



Glides swift, a silver dart, 

 And, safe beneath the shady thorn, 

 Defies the angler's art" (BURNS) ; 



but this is not so with the grayling. 



Never have I seen a grayling rush away 

 and hide himself like a trout under grass or 

 rocks ; one generally finds them in little 

 flocks, and ,when disturbed they scuttle about, 

 up and down, and round and round, but never 

 do they seem to be endowed with sufficient 

 sense to hide themselves, or, metaphorically 

 speaking, " to go in when it rains." 



That is why I have suggested that the 

 young grayling fry should be protected from 

 the sun by a covering from above rather than 

 by overhanging banks or shady rocks under 

 the water, which they have not the sense to 

 avail themselves of. 



We now approached our own ground, the 



