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done, are fragments of the concrete blocks deposited 

 here and there at the will of the torrent. 



Some salmon rivers run through deep and 

 picturesque gorges, and it is not always easy to 

 negotiate the pools. A sportsman not long ago had, 

 after a long and arduous descent, just begun to wet 

 his line when a big boulder splashed into the water 

 at his feet. When a second followed, he and his 

 gillie abandoned their now useless attempt to fish, and 

 sheltered as well as they could under the rocks at the 

 side until the danger was over. When the torrent of 

 missiles came to an end, an investigation into the 

 cause of the phenomenon disclosed the fact that the 

 angler's own manservant had been amusing himself 

 and a companion by rolling stones down the brae, to 

 see them splash into the water, in ignorance of the 

 fact that he was endangering the life and spoiling the 

 sport of a justly incensed master. 



