194 DAYS STOLEN FOR SPORT 



about six good pools, and above them comes the 

 Gorge through which the river runs sometimes 

 swiftly over shallows, sometimes silently in deeps 

 between high rocky sides, which, in many places, 

 admit of no approach to the water. 



Fly-fishing in the Gorge is almost impracticable, 

 but there are places where salmon are caught with the 

 worm when a summer flood is on. What is most 

 needed by those coming here for fishing is good 

 length of holiday and a capacity for patiently putting 

 in time until the heavy rain comes. Then good sport 

 is assured both with sea-trout and salmon, which 

 latter run to a large size, a fifteen-pounder being 

 taken there last summer by Mr Fearon, a regular 

 visitor and a very keen sportsman. 



There is a loch, set high between two hills, that 

 has a great repute for sport-giving trout, and for 

 those who will climb to either of the hill-tops there 

 are pictures of wild moorland scenery that well repay 

 the trouble. 



On the Sunday a non-fishing day we marched 

 off early up the Glen to see the loch and search for 

 spots that should please the artist's eye. Many sights 

 that we two know-nothings would have wished 

 pictures of were dismissed with a wave of his hand 

 which seemed to give all too eloquent an expression 

 to the pity he felt for our lack of the artistic gift. 

 After most careful instruction as to the manner of 

 accomplishing the duty I was allowed to carry the 

 long legs on which the camera stands when in action. 

 This, to the uninitiated, may appear a very trifling 

 affair but it is not so when the journeying is up the 

 side of a mountainous hill and the sun is doing its 

 best to cook you. 



