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sun disappearing over the mountains brought out 

 the colours of the pines and birches in an indescribably 

 vivid manner, and everything seemed luminous beyond 

 conception. 



But what impressed itself most upon me were the 

 odours brought down to me on my rocky seat by the 

 soft wind. For quite half an hour there were regular 

 alternations of the fragrance of pine and new-mown hay. 

 I had often read of scents borne by zephyrs, but never 

 so thoroughly realised the sensation of air filled with 

 them. The Rocks, I may add, were at places hoary 

 with age, curiously stained by the weather, patched with 

 mosses and ling, and rearwards was the wood with all 

 manner of shrubs and diversity of forest trees, amongst 

 which I noticed elm, oak, and cedar, and a complete 

 undergrowth of bilberry and other berries, which we 

 could pluck and eat at any hour of the day, and diver- 

 sify such dessert with wild strawberries and raspberries 

 by a little search. The whole scene from The Rocks 

 was one of peace and tranquil prosperity, and one's 

 heart was always warming towards the kindly people, 

 whose friendship we had quickly gained. During our 

 stay we cast and caught from many rocks, but none 

 gave us so characteristic and beautiful a picture in 

 sunshine and in shade as these to which we gave the 

 distinctive name. 



The majority of anglers probably agree that fishing 

 from a boat must, under the best of circumstances, be 

 ranked amongst the necessary evils of an angler's life. 

 The ideal salmon pool is one that can be waded, and 

 the stream where the salmon lie commanded from head 

 to tail with precision, without danger or unnecessary 

 exertion to the wader. The foothold for the man 



