CHAPTER XVI 



From Euston to Loch Alsh Fishing at Glenelg On to Glen- 

 shiel A Gathering of merry Scotsmen. 



WHEN two of my sons, Walter and Kirk, invited 

 me to join them in a summer holiday in the High- 

 lands where there might be a hope of fishing I 

 had to consider that, while I was very familiar with 

 much of Scotland's Winter and Spring fishings, 

 I was not so well up in the knowledge of where to 

 go for sport in summer time beyond the Tweed. 

 But I know something about many fishing places 

 I have never seen. I think I must be a good 

 listener to tales of sport. When any of my fishing 



friends say : " Have you ever been to , Geen?" 



and I have to answer : " No," I do it so inquiringly 

 that I get much information, which I store. In this 

 manner I learned that there are two rivers at 

 Glenelg in Inverness-shire having sea- trout and 

 salmon. I remembered, too, accounts of grand 

 takes of pollack there by a friend of mine who lost 

 five out of the six baits that I gave him in jaws of 

 monsters which he could not hold. So we decided 

 on Glenelg. 



Our first lengthy stop after leaving Euston was 

 at Loch Alsh, where the Highland Railway now 

 terminates, just opposite to, and within a mile of, 

 the Isle of Skye. The last portion of our journey, 

 the magic ride from Inverness, toilings up and 

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