CHAP. xvm. TRAPS AT TARLAIR. 375 



the rock from which he had fallen. Standing on the 

 high ground above the shore, and looking down upon 

 the rock-pools beneath the promontory, he observed : 

 " I set many of my traps down there. I filled them 

 with seaweed, and sometimes with a piece of dead fish. 

 The sea came in and filled my traps, and sometimes 

 brought in many rare Crustacea. I set my traps 

 along the coast for about ten miles, from Portsoy to 

 Melrose Head. Many a time have I scrambled 

 amongst these rocks. But when I took ill, and the 

 inflammation went to my brain, I had to leave all 

 my traps, and there they are still." 



" What a fine chance that will be for some future 

 Ichthyologist," said his friend ; " he will find the traps 

 ready-made, and perhaps full of new species of crus- 

 taceans ! " " Weel," said Edward, " it may be sae ; 

 but I dinna think there'll be sic a feel as me for 

 mony a lang year to come ! " 



Although he had long given up searching along 

 shore for new specimens of Fish, Crustaceans, or Mol- 

 luscs, yet he had still another discovery to announce. 

 There was a new fish remaining in his possession 

 which had been entirely lost sight of. He had taken 

 it in 1868, whilst searching amongst the rock-pools at 

 the Links. He kept it alive for two days, and when 

 it died he put it into a bottle, intending to send it to 

 Mr. Couch ; but somehow or other the bottle got lost, 

 and, though he turned the house almost upside down, 

 he could never find. 



