on the feed, as well, no doubt, as to con- 

 ceal the line in the broken wave -tops. 

 As regards the effect, favourable or the 

 reverse, of winds from different quarters 

 of the compass, much evidence will be 

 found in Chapter IV., from which it will 

 appear that not even the much -abused 

 east wind is always as black as it is painted, 

 since for Loch Leven, and some other 

 waters similarly situated, it is not only 

 not prejudicial to sport, but actually the 

 best wind that can blow. It is a matter 

 of opinion, with reference to this particu- 

 lar loch, whether the advantage of an east 

 wind lies wholly in the fact that it suits 

 the drifts on that east-and-west water, or 

 whether it may not in part be due to its 

 temperature being less harsh (since, on the 

 east side of Scotland, it blows over the 

 sea) than it is on western rivers. One 

 correspondent describes it as a "much- 

 libelled wind," and points out that when- 

 ever it blows upstream, it is likely to 

 favour salmon and trout fishing more 

 than a wind from any other quarter. In 



