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CHAPTER VII 



THREE FISHERS, AND SOME BIG FISH 



I cannot better illustrate the charm of salmon - 

 fishing, and the hold which it keeps upon its votaries, 

 than by taking as examples three noted fishermen of 

 different professions and characters, who shared a 

 common passion for the sport upon which I am writing, 

 Mr. John Malcolm of Poltalloch, the Hon. and 

 Rev. Robert Liddell, and Mr. Alfred Denison. 

 All these three were famous upon many rivers, but 

 it was on the classic banks of Tweed that they found 

 their happiest hunting ground. I will first say a 

 word or two of Mr. Liddell ; the other two may be 

 taken together, as for years they shared a sitting- 

 room at the Cross Keys, Kelso, from which town they 

 used to fish adjoining beats of the Tweed. 



Robert Liddell was best known to fame as the 

 earnest and hard-working incumbent of St. Paul's, 

 Knightsbridge, and the hero of a famous ecclesiastical 

 suit, but it is only as a devoted follower of the 



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