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the angler. The country bordering the banks of this portion 

 of the Tay is a mixture of pastoral and agricultural. Eippling 

 past the Stormontfield breeding-ponds, now a feature of the 

 river, and the palace of Scone, the Tay speedily reaches the 

 links of Perth's fair city ; and after being joined by the Earn, 



SALMON -FISHING STATION AT WOODHAVEN ON TAY. 



also an excellent salmon stream, it widens into a broad estu- 

 ary, and, speedily sweeping past the manufacturing town of 

 Dundee, is lost in the German Ocean. 



A few local inquiries as to angling on the Tay will elicit 

 more valuable information than I can give here. At some 

 places on the lower portion of the water the aid of a boat (a 

 Tay boat) is necessary, as the best pools are otherwise inac- 

 cessible to the angler. The cost of a boat and man ranges, I 

 think, from three to six shillings, and on the smooth parts 

 of the river one man is generally enough for attendance. 



