'25 



CHAPTEE VIII. 



ANGLING TOUR 

 TO THE NORTH-WEST HIGHLANDS. 



EARLY in the month of August 183 , Messrs. Leis- 

 ter, Otter, Swiveltop, and May-fly, as was their 

 wont during summer, set forth on an angling expedi- 

 tion to the North-west Highlands. The route selected 

 by these gentlemen differed in some respects from 

 that taken by Wandle-weir and his friends, who were 

 probably by this time on their return southwards. 

 A communication from Mr. Herl-broke, dated 25th 



July, had been received by the club at C h, 



previous to starting, wherein he stated their suc- 

 cess, considering the dryness of the season, to have 

 been of a satisfactory nature ; only three salmon, 

 however, had as yet been captured, the reduced 

 state of the streams confining their amusement, in 

 a great measure, to angling in lochs and hill-tarns. 



