NOTIONS, NOTES, AND ODDS AND ENDS 167 



Local varieties in colour of trout is an 

 almost inexhaustible subject, dependent on 

 many varying causes, concerning which we 

 have many observations noted ; but we cannot 

 enter into any further treatment of them in 

 this place. 



DESCRIPTIONS OF WEATHERS FOR AN 

 ANGLER'S VOCABULARY 



Winds 



Blustering down-stream. ' Fatal fur/ 



' Bad hat ' i.e. a L. and B.'s brushed the 

 wrong way, or against the nap, in relation to 

 wind and surface of the water. 



' Rough -tongued,' 'dirty -tongued/ 'scro- 

 fulous.' 



1 Criss-cross,' ' flawy,' ' daddin',' ' unsteady/ 



Half-gale ' up ' or ' down ' or whole gale. 



'Raging all round like a bull in a china 

 shop/ 



'Fluffy," faint flaws/ 



' Hurtling ' down- or up-stream ; ' scurril- 

 ous/ 



' Gap o' May/ f Gowk-storm/ ' Tchuchet- 

 storm ' (phonetical spelling). 



Snow, hail, sleet, rain; 'ghastly/ 



